[[["Easy to understand","easyToUnderstand","thumb-up"],["Solved my problem","solvedMyProblem","thumb-up"],["Other","otherUp","thumb-up"]],[["Hard to understand","hardToUnderstand","thumb-down"],["Incorrect information or sample code","incorrectInformationOrSampleCode","thumb-down"],["Missing the information/samples I need","missingTheInformationSamplesINeed","thumb-down"],["Other","otherDown","thumb-down"]],["Last updated 2025-09-04 UTC."],[],[],null,["# Delete connections\n\nWhen you delete a Cross-Cloud Interconnect connection, Google\nshuts down your ports, and billing stops immediately.\n\nYou must also notify your remote cloud service provider to\ndiscontinue your port in their network and avoid further billing.\n\nBefore you can delete a connection, you must delete all of its attachments.\n\n#### Permissions required for this task\n\nTo perform this task, you must have been granted the following permissions\n*or* the following Identity and Access Management (IAM) roles.\n\n**Permissions**\n\n- `compute.interconnects.delete`\n\n**Roles**\n\n- `roles/owner`\n- `roles/editor`\n- `roles/compute.networkAdmin` \n\n### Console\n\n1. In the Google Cloud console, go to the Cloud Interconnect **Physical\n connections** tab.\n\n [Go to Physical connections](https://console.cloud.google.com/hybrid/interconnects/list?tab=interconnects)\n2. Select the connection that you want to delete.\n\n3. On the **Interconnect details** page, click\n delete**Delete**.\n\n4. In the confirmation box, type the name of the connection that you want to\n delete.\n\n5. Click **Delete this Interconnect**.\n\n### gcloud\n\nUse the\n[`gcloud compute interconnects delete` command](/sdk/gcloud/reference/compute/interconnects/delete): \n\n```\ngcloud compute interconnects delete NAME\n```\n\nReplace \u003cvar translate=\"no\"\u003eNAME\u003c/var\u003e with the name of your\nCross-Cloud Interconnect connection.\n\nWhat's next\n-----------\n\n- To learn more about Cross-Cloud Interconnect, see the\n [Cross-Cloud Interconnect overview](/network-connectivity/docs/interconnect/concepts/cci-overview).\n\n- To learn about common issues that you might encounter when using\n Cross-Cloud Interconnect, see\n [Troubleshooting](/network-connectivity/docs/interconnect/support/troubleshooting#cci)."]]
