def delete_registry(self, registry):
        '''**Description**
            Delete an existing image registry

        **Arguments**
            - registry: Full hostname/port of registry. Eg. myrepo.example.com:5000
        '''
        # do some input string checking
        if re.match(".*\\/.*", registry):
            return [False, "input registry name cannot contain '/' characters - valid registry names are of the form <host>:<port> where :<port> is optional"]

        url = self.url + "/api/scanning/v1/anchore/registries/" + registry
        res = requests.delete(url, headers=self.hdrs, verify=self.ssl_verify)
        if not self._checkResponse(res):
            return [False, self.lasterr]

        return [True, res.json()]
**Description**
            Delete an existing image registry

        **Arguments**
            - registry: Full hostname/port of registry. Eg. myrepo.example.com:5000