**To delete a policy**
The following ``delete-policy`` example deletes the specified policy from your AWS account. ::
aws iot delete-policy --policy-name UpdateDeviceCertPolicy
This command produces no output.
For more information, see `AWS IoT Policies <https://docs.aws.amazon.com/iot/latest/developerguide/iot-policies.html>`__ in the *AWS IoT Developers Guide*.