---
title: "terminateServerInstanceInAutoScalingGroup"
slug: "compute-autoscaling-terminateserverinstanceinautoscalinggroup"
updated: 2026-09-17T10:05:57Z
published: 2026-09-17T10:05:57Z
canonical: "api.ncloud-docs.com/compute-autoscaling-terminateserverinstanceinautoscalinggroup"
---

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# terminateServerInstanceInAutoScalingGroup

## Overview

Terminate the specified server instance. You can choose to reduce the group size by one at the same time as deleting the server instance.

## Request

### Request parameters

| Parameter name | Required | Type | Restrictions | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| serverInstanceNo | Yes | String | - | - Identification number of the server instance to be deleted Invalid if the server instance does not belong to an auto scaling group |
| shouldDecrementDesiredCapacity | Yes | Boolean | - | - Whether to reduce the size of the auto scaling group by one at the same time as deleting the server instance Enter `true` to reduce, `false` if not. |
| responseFormatType | No | String |  | - Format type of the response result Options: xml \| json Default: xml |

## Response

### Response body

- [CommonResponse](/docs/en/common-apidatatype-commonresponse)

## Examples

### Request example

```
{AUTOSCALILNG_API_URL}/terminateServerInstanceInAutoScalingGroup
?serverInstanceNo=68124
&shouldDecrementDesiredCapacity=false
```

### Response example

```
<terminateServerInstanceInAutoScalingGroupResponse>
   <requestId>1d7573fd-d321-400b-82bd-8a3a9692b5b6</requestId>
   <returnCode>0</returnCode>
   <returnMessage>success</returnMessage>
</terminateServerInstanceInAutoScalingGroupResponse>
```

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