**To delete an Auto Scaling group** This example deletes the specified Auto Scaling group:: aws autoscaling delete-auto-scaling-group --auto-scaling-group-name my-auto-scaling-group To delete the Auto Scaling group without waiting for the instances in the group to terminate, use the ``--force-delete`` parameter:: aws autoscaling delete-auto-scaling-group --auto-scaling-group-name my-auto-scaling-group --force-delete For more information, see `Deleting Your Auto Scaling Infrastructure`_ in the *Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling User Guide*. .. _`Deleting Your Auto Scaling Infrastructure`: http://docs.aws.amazon.com/AutoScaling/latest/DeveloperGuide/as-process-shutdown.html