# How to Destroy a VPC Peering

A Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) is a private network interface for collections of DigitalOcean resources. VPC networks are inaccessible from the public internet and other VPC networks, and traffic on them doesn’t count against bandwidth usage. You can link VPC networks to each other using VPC peering connections.

Deleting a VPC peering permanently and irreversibly destroys the connection between two VPC networks.

## Delete a VPC Peering Using Automation

## How to Delete a VPC Peering Using the DigitalOcean CLI

1. [Install `doctl`](https://docs.digitalocean.com/reference/doctl/how-to/install/index.html.md), the official DigitalOcean CLI.
2. [Create a personal access token](https://docs.digitalocean.com/reference/api/create-personal-access-token/index.html.md) and save it for use with `doctl`.
3. Use the token to grant `doctl` access to your DigitalOcean account.

   ```shell
   doctl auth init
   ```
4. Finally, run `doctl vpcs peerings delete`. Basic usage looks like this, but you can [read the usage docs](https://docs.digitalocean.com/reference/doctl/reference/vpcs/peerings/delete/index.html.md) for more details:

   ```shell
   doctl vpcs peerings delete <peering-id> [flags]
   ```

   The following example deletes the VPC Peering with the ID `f81d4fae-7dec-11d0-a765-00a0c91e6bf6`:

   ```shell
   doctl vpcs peerings delete f81d4fae-7dec-11d0-a765-00a0c91e6bf6
   ```

## How to Delete a VPC Peering Using the DigitalOcean API

1. [Create a personal access token](https://docs.digitalocean.com/reference/api/create-personal-access-token/index.html.md) and save it for use with the API.
2. Send a DELETE request to [`https://api.digitalocean.com/v2/vpc_peerings/{vpc_peering_id}`](https://docs.digitalocean.com/reference/api/reference/vpc-peerings/index.html.md#vpcPeerings_delete).

### cURL

Using cURL:

```shell
curl -X DELETE \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $DIGITALOCEAN_TOKEN" \
  "https://api.digitalocean.com/v2/vpc_peerings/6b5c619c-359c-44ca-87e2-47e98170c01d"
```

## Delete a VPC Peering Using the Control Panel

To destroy a VPC peering connection, click **Networking** in the main menu, then click the **VPC** tab. Click the name of one of the VPC networks in the peering to delete, then click the **Peering Connections** tab. A list of active peering connections is shown.

Click the **More** menu next to the VPC peering you want to destroy and select **Delete Connection**. A confirmation dialog pops up.

Enter the name of the peering connection in the text box, then click **Delete Peering Connection** to confirm.