---
title: "Delete a scale group"
description: "Delete an E2E scale group and all its nodes in MyAccount, then delete its saved image or the products you used with it if you no longer need them."
content_type: "how-to"
product: "auto-scaling"
platform: "MyAccount"
url: "/myaccount/auto-scaling/how-to/delete-a-scale-group/"
topic: ["operate"]
relationships: {"requires":["/myaccount/auto-scaling/how-to/create-a-scale-group/"]}
---

# Delete a scale group

Delete a scale group when you have finished with it. E2E deletes the scale group and all its nodes. The
saved image it was built from stays in your account. To keep the scale group's settings for later instead,
stop it; see
[Resize, stop, or start a scale group](/myaccount/auto-scaling/how-to/resize-stop-or-start-a-scale-group/#stop-the-scale-group).

## Before you begin

- The scale group reads **Running**, **Stopped**, **Failed**, or **Failed Deleting**, the states in which
  **Delete** is available. For every state, see the table in
  [Read the scale group's status](/myaccount/auto-scaling/how-to/monitor-a-scale-group/#read-the-scale-groups-status).
- You have copied any data you want to keep from the nodes.
- Your role in the current project has the delete permission for Auto Scaling.

## Delete the scale group

Deleting the scale group is permanent. It removes every node in it, with anything stored on the nodes.

1. In MyAccount, under **Compute**, click **Auto Scaling**.
2. In the scale group's row, open **Manage**, and click **Delete**.
3. **Delete Scale Group** opens and names the scale group. Check that it is the one you mean, then click
   **Delete Scale Group**, or **close** to cancel.

The deletion starts, and E2E deletes the scale group and all its nodes. If **Delete Scale Group**
shows an error instead, see [Sorry, an unexpected error occurred while retrieving your Scale group
information](/myaccount/auto-scaling/troubleshooting/auto-scaling/#sorry-an-unexpected-error-occurred-while-retrieving-your-scale-group-information).

## Check that the scale group is gone

The scale group leaves **Manage Auto Scaling** within about 10 seconds, and its nodes are gone within
about 30 seconds of the request.

## (Optional) Delete the saved image and other products

E2E keeps the saved image the scale group was built from, and you are charged for its storage until you
delete it. You can delete it once no other scale group uses it; see [Saved Images](/myaccount/images/).

A load balancer or VPC you used with the scale group is a
separate product with its own charges, so delete it separately if you no longer need it.

The scale group and its nodes are gone. To build a new one, see
[Create a scale group](/myaccount/auto-scaling/how-to/create-a-scale-group/). To delete a scale group from
a script, see the [as-delete operation](/api/myaccount/operations/as-delete/) in the API reference.