---
title: "deleteLaunchConfiguration"
slug: "cli-vautoscaling-launchconfiguration-deletelaunchconfiguration"
tags: ["Auto Scaling", "VPC"]
updated: 2026-10-08T04:56:20Z
published: 2026-10-08T04:56:20Z
canonical: "cli.ncloud-docs.com/cli-vautoscaling-launchconfiguration-deletelaunchconfiguration"
---

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# deleteLaunchConfiguration

Available in VPC

Delete a Launch Configuration. Launch configurations that have been set up and in use for an Auto Scaling Group can't be deleted.

## Syntax

The `deleteLaunchConfiguration` syntax is as follows:

```
./ncloud vautoscaling deleteLaunchConfiguration \
    --launchConfigurationNo <launch-configuration-no> \
    [--regionCode <KR|SGN|JPN>] \
    [--output <json|xml>]
```

## Options

This section describes the options available when running `deleteLaunchConfiguration`.

### Required options

The following options are required for `deleteLaunchConfiguration`.

| Options | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `--launchConfigurationNo` | String | Required | Launch configuration number - See [getLaunchConfigurationList](/docs/en/cli-vautoscaling-launchconfiguration-getlaunchconfigurationlist). |

### Common options

For information on options commonly used in the `vautoscaling` command, see [Auto Scaling (VPC) options](/docs/en/cli-vautoscaling#%EC%98%B5%EC%85%98).

## Examples

If the request to delete a launch configuration is successful, the configuration details and deletion status of the launch configuration are returned.

### Command

The command example is as follows:

```
./ncloud vautoscaling deleteLaunchConfiguration \
    --launchConfigurationNo 18305791 \
    --regionCode KR \
    --output json
```

### Output

The output example is as follows:

```
{
    "deleteLaunchConfigurationResponse": {
        "totalRows": 1,
        "launchConfigurationList": [
            {
                "regionCode": "KR",
                "launchConfigurationNo": "18305791",
                "launchConfigurationName": "test-launch-config-01",
                "serverImageProductCode": "SW.VSVR.OS.LNX64.ROCKY.0810.B050",
                "serverProductCode": "SVR.VSVR.STAND.C002.M008.NET.SSD.B050.G002",
                "loginKeyName": "test-key",
                "createDate": "2026-07-07T10:12:41+0900",
                "launchConfigurationStatus": {
                    "code": "DELTD",
                    "codeName": "Deleted"
                },
                "initScriptNo": "",
                "isEncryptedVolume": false,
                "serverImageNo": "25624115",
                "osInformation": "Rocky Linux 8.10",
                "serverSpecNo": "43",
                "serverSpecCode": "s2-g2-s50",
                "serverSpecDescription": "vCPU 2EA, Memory 8GB, [SSD]Disk 50GB"
            }
        ],
        "requestId": "d4e5f6a7-b8c9-0123-defa-456789012345",
        "returnCode": "0",
        "returnMessage": "success"
    }
}
```