# Destroy Machine (/machines/Machines_delete)

Delete a specific Machine within an app by Machine ID, with an optional force parameter to force kill the Machine if it's running.


`DELETE /apps/{app_name}/machines/{machine_id}`

## Parameters

| Name | In | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `app_name` | path | `string` | Yes | Fly App Name |
| `machine_id` | path | `string` | Yes | Machine ID |
| `force` | query | `boolean` | No | Force kill the machine if it's running |

## Responses

| Status | Description | Schema |
| --- | --- | --- |
| `200` | OK |  |

The full machine-readable OpenAPI spec is available at /openapi.json.