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**To cancel a capacity reservation**
The following ``cancel-capacity-reservation`` example cancels the specified capacity reservation. ::
aws ec2 cancel-capacity-reservation \
--capacity-reservation-id cr-1234abcd56EXAMPLE
Output::
{
"Return": true
}
For more information, see `Canceling a Capacity Reservation <https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/capacity-reservations-using.html#capacity-reservations-release>`__ in the *Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud User Guide for Linux Instances*.