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Deleting a DB cluster parameter group

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Deleting a DB cluster parameter group - Amazon Relational Database Service

You can delete a DB cluster parameter group using the AWS Management Console, AWS CLI, or RDS API. A DB cluster parameter group parameter group is eligible for deletion only if it isn't associated with a DB cluster.

To delete parameter groups
  1. Sign in to the AWS Management Console and open the Amazon RDS console at https://console.aws.amazon.com/rds/.

  2. In the navigation pane, choose Parameter groups.

    The parameter groups appear in a list.

  3. Choose the name of the DB cluster parameter groups to be deleted.

  4. Choose Actions and then Delete.

  5. Review the parameter group names and then choose Delete.

Console

To delete parameter groups
  1. Sign in to the AWS Management Console and open the Amazon RDS console at https://console.aws.amazon.com/rds/.

  2. In the navigation pane, choose Parameter groups.

    The parameter groups appear in a list.

  3. Choose the name of the DB cluster parameter groups to be deleted.

  4. Choose Actions and then Delete.

  5. Review the parameter group names and then choose Delete.

To delete a DB cluster parameter group, use the AWS CLI delete-db-cluster-parameter-group command with the following required parameter.

  • --db-parameter-group-name

Example

The following example deletes a DB cluster parameter group named mydbparametergroup.

aws rds delete-db-cluster-parameter-group --db-parameter-group-name mydbparametergroup

To delete a DB cluster parameter group, use the AWS CLI delete-db-cluster-parameter-group command with the following required parameter.

  • --db-parameter-group-name

Example

The following example deletes a DB cluster parameter group named mydbparametergroup.

aws rds delete-db-cluster-parameter-group --db-parameter-group-name mydbparametergroup

To delete a DB cluster parameter group, use the RDS API DeleteDBClusterParameterGroup command with the following required parameter.

  • DBParameterGroupName

To delete a DB cluster parameter group, use the RDS API DeleteDBClusterParameterGroup command with the following required parameter.

  • DBParameterGroupName

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