# Deleting an ACME domain validation
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The following example shows how to use the [DeleteAcmeDomainValidation](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/acm/latest/APIReference/API_DeleteAcmeDomainValidation.html) function.

```
package com.amazonaws.samples;

import com.amazonaws.services.certificatemanager.AWSCertificateManagerClientBuilder;
import com.amazonaws.services.certificatemanager.AWSCertificateManager;
import com.amazonaws.services.certificatemanager.model.DeleteAcmeDomainValidationRequest;

public class AWSCertificateManagerSample {

    public static void main(String[] args) {

        AWSCertificateManager client = AWSCertificateManagerClientBuilder.defaultClient();

        // Create the request.
        DeleteAcmeDomainValidationRequest req = new DeleteAcmeDomainValidationRequest()
            .withAcmeDomainValidationArn("arn:aws:acm:us-east-1:123456789012:acme-endpoint/ep-example/acme-domain-validation/dv-example");

        // Delete the domain validation.
        client.deleteAcmeDomainValidation(req);
    }
}
```