name : delete-ipam-pool.rst **To delete an IPAM pool** In this example, you're a IPAM delegated admin who wants to delete an IPAM pool that you no longer need, but the pool has a CIDR provisioned to it. You cannot delete a pool if it has CIDRs provisioned to it unless you use the ``--cascade`` option, so you'll use ``--cascade``. To complete this request: * You'll need the IPAM pool ID which you can get with `describe-ipam-pools <https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/reference/ec2/describe-ipam-pools.html>`__. * The ``--region`` must be the IPAM home Region. The following ``delete-ipam-pool`` example deletes an IPAM pool in your AWS account. :: aws ec2 delete-ipam-pool \ --ipam-pool-id ipam-pool-050c886a3ca41cd5b \ --cascade \ --region us-east-1 Output:: { "IpamPool": { "OwnerId": "320805250157", "IpamPoolId": "ipam-pool-050c886a3ca41cd5b", "IpamPoolArn": "arn:aws:ec2::320805250157:ipam-pool/ipam-pool-050c886a3ca41cd5b", "IpamScopeArn": "arn:aws:ec2::320805250157:ipam-scope/ipam-scope-0a158dde35c51107b", "IpamScopeType": "private", "IpamArn": "arn:aws:ec2::320805250157:ipam/ipam-005f921c17ebd5107", "IpamRegion": "us-east-1", "Locale": "None", "PoolDepth": 1, "State": "delete-in-progress", "Description": "example", "AutoImport": false, "AddressFamily": "ipv4", "AllocationMinNetmaskLength": 0, "AllocationMaxNetmaskLength": 32 } } For more information, see `Delete a pool <https://docs.aws.amazon.com/vpc/latest/ipam/delete-pool-ipam.html>`__ in the *Amazon VPC IPAM User Guide*.