Cannot delete ACM certificate due to certificate in use error, but there are no Cloudfront distributions on my account

Question

Hello,

I am attempting to delete an ACM certificate. However I get an error stating that the certificate is in use:

```
Failed to delete certificates
Certificate ... in account ... is in use. (Service: AWSCertificateManager; Status Code: 400; Error Code: ResourceInUseException; Request ID: ...; Proxy: null)
```

The associated resource is said to be a Cloudfront distribution but I have no such thing set up, nor do I have any custom domain names set up in API Gateway. I have already consulted this [post](https://repost.aws/questions/QU63csgGNEQl2M--xCdy-oxw/questions/QU63csgGNEQl2M--xCdy-oxw/can-t-delete-certificate-because-there-are-dangling-load-balancer-resources?) and this [post](https://repost.aws/questions/QUD6O2O6z2QjelpBx6bcnBaA/cannot-delete-acm-certificate-due-to-uncontrollable-resource-associations) as well as this [video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sDDkB8sexwg). I have also reached out to the billing department to ask if they can delete it, as suggested in one of the linked support threads. Is there any way I can delete this certificate on my end?

Thanks for your help.

Gary Mclean · Answer

ACM usually informs you what resources the certificate is in use by. Have you checked this?

Cannot delete ACM certificate due to certificate in use error, but there are no Cloudfront distributions on my account

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