**To detach an instance from an Auto Scaling group**
This example detaches the specified instance from the specified Auto Scaling group::
aws autoscaling detach-instances --instance-ids i-93633f9b --auto-scaling-group-name my-auto-scaling-group --should-decrement-desired-capacity
The following is example output::
{
"Activities": [
{
"Description": "Detaching EC2 instance: i-93633f9b",
"AutoScalingGroupName": "my-auto-scaling-group",
"ActivityId": "5091cb52-547a-47ce-a236-c9ccbc2cb2c9",
"Details": {"Availability Zone": "us-west-2a"},
"StartTime": "2015-04-12T15:02:16.179Z",
"Progress": 50,
"Cause": "At 2015-04-12T15:02:16Z instance i-93633f9b was detached in response to a user request, shrinking the capacity from 2 to 1.",
"StatusCode": "InProgress"
}
]
}