---
title: "deleteNatGatewayInstance"
slug: "networking-vpc-natgateway-deletenatgatewayinstance"
updated: 2026-09-17T10:12:33Z
published: 2026-09-17T10:12:33Z
canonical: "api.ncloud-docs.com/networking-vpc-natgateway-deletenatgatewayinstance"
---

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# deleteNatGatewayInstance

Available in VPC

Delete a NAT Gateway instance by specifying the NAT Gateway instance number. 

## Request

This section describes the request format. The method and URI are as follows:

| Method | URI |
| --- | --- |
| GET \| POST | /vpc/v2/deleteNatGatewayInstance |

Note

This guide is based on the GET method. POST method call tests can be performed through Swagger in the API Gateway service of the NAVER Cloud Platform console.

### Request headers

For information about the headers common to all VPC APIs, see [VPC common headers](/docs/en/networking-vpc#%EC%9A%94%EC%B2%AD%ED%97%A4%EB%8D%94).

### Request query parameters

You can use the following query parameters with your request:

| Field | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `regionCode` | String | Optional | Region code of the NAT Gateway to delete - First Region of the query result (default) - See [getRegionList](/docs/en/compute-vserver-server-common-getregionlist). |
| `natGatewayInstanceNo` | String | Required | Number of NAT Gateway instance to delete - See [getNatGatewayInstanceList](/docs/en/networking-vpc-natgateway-getnatgatewayinstancelist). |
| `output` | String | Optional | Format of the response result - `xml` \| `json` (default) |
| `returnPublicIpInstance` | Boolean | Optional | - `true` (default) \| `false` - `true`: Also delete the public IP instance assigned to the public NAT Gateway. - `false`: Keep the public IP instance as is. |

### Request example

The request example is as follows:

```
curl --location 'https://ncloud.apigw.ntruss.com/vpc/v2/deleteNatGatewayInstance
?regionCode=KR
&natGatewayInstanceNo=***9734' \
--header 'x-ncp-apigw-timestamp: {Timestamp}' \
--header 'x-ncp-iam-access-key: {Access Key}' \
--header 'x-ncp-apigw-signature-v2: {API Gateway Signature}'
```

## Response

This section describes the response format.

### Response body

See [NatGatewayInstanceList](/docs/en/common-vapidatatype-natgatewayinstancelist) for the response body.

### Response status codes

For information about the HTTP status codes common to all VPC APIs, see [VPC response status codes](/docs/en/networking-vpc#%EC%9D%91%EB%8B%B5%EC%83%81%ED%83%9C%EC%BD%94%EB%93%9C).

### Response example

The following is a sample response.

```
<deleteNatGatewayInstanceResponse>
  <requestId>bce9e911-5989-4285-8596-8d08966c7181</requestId>
  <returnCode>0</returnCode>
  <returnMessage>success</returnMessage>
  <totalRows>1</totalRows>
  <natGatewayInstanceList>
    <natGatewayInstance>
      <vpcNo>***36</vpcNo>
      <vpcName>normal-***</vpcName>
      <natGatewayInstanceNo>*****0811</natGatewayInstanceNo>
      <natGatewayName>ng19****</natGatewayName>
      <publicIp>***.***.153.33</publicIp>
      <natGatewayInstanceStatus>
        <code>RUN</code>
        <codeName>RUN status</codeName>
      </natGatewayInstanceStatus>
      <natGatewayInstanceStatusName>Terminating</natGatewayInstanceStatusName>
      <natGatewayInstanceOperation>
        <code>TERMT</code>
        <codeName>TERMINATE OP</codeName>
      </natGatewayInstanceOperation>
      <createDate>2025-05-08T18:38:25+0900</createDate>
      <natGatewayDescription></natGatewayDescription>
      <zoneCode>KR-1</zoneCode>
      <natGatewayType>
        <code>PBLIP</code>
        <codeName>Public</codeName>
      </natGatewayType>
      <subnetName>public-***</subnetName>
      <subnetNo>***29</subnetNo>
      <privateIp>10.0.1.8</privateIp>
      <publicIpInstanceNo>***810</publicIpInstanceNo>
      <natGatewayIpList>
        <natGatewayIp>
          <type>PRIMARY</type>
          <privateIp>10.0.1.8</privateIp>
          <publicIp>***.***.153.33</publicIp>
          <publicIpInstanceNo>***810</publicIpInstanceNo>
        </natGatewayIp>
      </natGatewayIpList>
    </natGatewayInstance>
  </natGatewayInstanceList>
</deleteNatGatewayInstanceResponse>
```