> ## Documentation Index
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> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Remove service

> **Token scope:** `account` · `org` · `project` — read-only tokens refused (not a GET).

Remove a service and destroy its resources. Gated — service.remove.



## OpenAPI

````yaml /openapi/project.json delete /projects/{projectId}/services/{serviceId}
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: InstaCloud API — Project level
  version: 0.1.0
  description: >-
    Endpoints under `/projects/{projectId}`: branches, services, deploys,
    secrets, databases, storage, cron, observability, governance. Callable with
    any token whose binding covers the project.


    Generated from the platform's own OpenAPI document
    (https://api.instacloud.com/openapi.json); see the [API
    overview](/reference/api/overview) for authentication and token scopes.
servers:
  - url: https://api.instacloud.com
    description: InstaCloud
security:
  - bearerAuth: []
tags:
  - name: Projects
    description: Projects inside an organization.
  - name: Branches
    description: >-
      Branch environments of a project: isolated database, storage and compute
      per branch.
  - name: Services
    description: 'Services on a branch: compute, postgres, storage and managed databases.'
  - name: Deploy
    description: Deploy an image or a source to a compute service.
  - name: Compute
    description: Build output of a compute service.
  - name: Secrets
    description: User secrets, service credentials and how they bind into compute env.
  - name: Database
    description: Postgres databases, extensions, credentials and ad-hoc SQL.
  - name: Storage
    description: Objects in a storage service.
  - name: Backups
    description: Database backups and restores.
  - name: Cron
    description: Scheduled HTTP calls against a service or an external URL.
  - name: Observability
    description: Logs, metrics, deploy events and database insight.
  - name: Governance
    description: Per-project agent policy and the approval queue.
  - name: Audit
    description: The project's event timeline, including agent-ingested events.
  - name: Domains
    description: >-
      Domains bought through InstaCloud, bring-your-own zones and their DNS
      records.
  - name: Billing
    description: Usage, cycles, invoices and credits.
  - name: Templates
    description: Deploy a template into a project.
paths:
  /projects/{projectId}/services/{serviceId}:
    delete:
      tags:
        - Services
      summary: Remove service
      description: >-
        **Token scope:** `account` · `org` · `project` — read-only tokens
        refused (not a GET).


        Remove a service and destroy its resources. Gated — service.remove.
      operationId: removeService
      parameters:
        - schema:
            format: uuid
            type: string
          in: path
          name: projectId
          required: true
        - schema:
            format: uuid
            type: string
          in: path
          name: serviceId
          required: true
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Default Response
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  teardown:
                    $ref: '#/components/schemas/TeardownSummary'
        '202':
          description: Default Response
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ApprovalRequired'
        '403':
          description: Default Response
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  error:
                    type: string
                required:
                  - error
        '404':
          description: Default Response
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
        '409':
          description: Default Response
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
        '502':
          description: Default Response
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
components:
  schemas:
    TeardownSummary:
      type: object
      properties:
        destroyed:
          type: integer
        failed:
          type: integer
    ApprovalRequired:
      type: object
      properties:
        status:
          type: string
          enum:
            - approval_required
        approvalId:
          format: uuid
          type: string
        action:
          description: the gated action, or a comma-joined compound set — prefer `actions`
          type: string
        actions:
          description: every capability this approval covers
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
        message:
          type: string
        url:
          description: the console page where a project admin reviews this request
          type: string
        nextActions:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/NextAction'
    Error:
      type: object
      properties:
        error:
          type: string
      required:
        - error
    NextAction:
      type: object
      properties:
        op:
          description: >-
            Neutral logical action id, e.g. "service.add" — NOT an operationId
            or a CLI/MCP tool name; each client maps it to its own surface.
          type: string
        reason:
          description: Natural-language, human/LLM-facing "why do this now".
          type: string
        args:
          description: >-
            Suggested, flat named arguments; "<placeholder>"s where a value is
            unknown.
          type: object
          additionalProperties: true
        gated:
          description: True if the action passes a governance gate.
          type: boolean
      required:
        - op
        - reason
  securitySchemes:
    bearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      description: Session access JWT or an API token (`insta_<prefix>_<secret>`).

````