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title: delete-service-discovery-mechanism
description: Deletes Service Discovery Mechanisms.
component: pingds
version: 8.1
page_id: pingds:configref:subcommands-delete-service-discovery-mechanism
canonical_url: https://docs.pingidentity.com/pingds/8.1/configref/subcommands-delete-service-discovery-mechanism.html
---

# delete-service-discovery-mechanism

Deletes Service Discovery Mechanisms.

In addition to the global `dsconfig` options, the `dsconfig delete-service-discovery-mechanism` subcommand takes the following options:

* `-f | --force`

  Ignore non-existent Service Discovery Mechanisms.\
  Default: false

* `--mechanism-name {name}`

  The name of the Service Discovery Mechanism.

Properties used in options depend on the type of object to configure.

For details about available properties, see [Service Discovery Mechanism](objects-service-discovery-mechanism.html).