---
title: "Delete NodePool"
slug: "nks-deletenodepool"
updated: 2026-09-17T10:05:54Z
published: 2026-09-17T10:05:54Z
canonical: "api.ncloud-docs.com/nks-deletenodepool"
---

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# Delete NodePool

Available in VPC

Delete a created NodePool and the nodes belonging to it from the cluster.

## Requests

The following describes the request format for the endpoint. The request format is as follows.

| Method | URI |
| --- | --- |
| DELETE | /vnks/v2/clusters/{uuid}/node-pool/{instanceNo} (Korea Region) |
| DELETE | /vnks/sgn-v2/clusters/{uuid}/node-pool/{instanceNo} (Singapore Region) |
| DELETE | /vnks/jpn-v2/clusters/{uuid}/node-pool/{instanceNo} (Japan Region) |

### Request headers

For information about the headers common to all Ncloud Kubernetes Service APIs, see [Ncloud Kubernetes Service request headers](/docs/en/compute-vpckubernetesservice#%EC%9A%94%EC%B2%AD%ED%97%A4%EB%8D%94).

### Request path parameters

You can use the following path parameters with your request:

| Field | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `uuid` | String | Required | Cluster's UUID - See [View cluster list](/docs/en/nks-getclusterlist) |
| `instanceNo` | Integer | Required | NodePool instance number |

### Request example

The following is a sample request.

```
curl --location --request DELETE 'https://nks.apigw.ntruss.com/vnks/v2/clusters/{uuid}/node-pool/{instanceNo}' \
--header 'x-ncp-apigw-timestamp: {timestamp}' \
--header 'x-ncp-iam-access-key: {access key}' \
--header 'x-ncp-apigw-signature-v2: {API gateway signature}'
```

## Responses

The following describes the response format.

### Response syntax

```
None
```

### Response status codes

For information about the HTTP status codes common to all Ncloud Kubernetes Service APIs, see [Ncloud Kubernetes Service response status codes](/docs/en/compute-vpckubernetesservice).