name : disable-metrics-collection.rst **To disable metrics collection for an Auto Scaling group** This example disables collection of the ``GroupDesiredCapacity`` metric for the specified Auto Scaling group. :: aws autoscaling disable-metrics-collection \ --auto-scaling-group-name my-asg \ --metrics GroupDesiredCapacity This command produces no output. For more information, see `Monitoring CloudWatch metrics for your Auto Scaling groups and instances <https://docs.aws.amazon.com/autoscaling/ec2/userguide/as-instance-monitoring.html>`_ in the *Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling User Guide*.