Use DeleteTags with a CLI

To delete a tag from an Auto Scaling group

This example deletes the specified tag from the specified Auto Scaling group.

aws autoscaling delete-tags \
    --tags ResourceId=my-asg,ResourceType=auto-scaling-group,Key=Dept,Value=Research

This command produces no output.

For more information, see Tagging Auto Scaling groups and instances in the Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling User Guide.

Example 1: This example removes the specified tag from the specified Auto Scaling group. You are prompted for confirmation before the operation proceeds. The syntax used by this example requires PowerShell version 3 or later.

Remove-ASTag -Tag @( @{ResourceType="auto-scaling-group"; ResourceId="my-asg"; Key="myTag" } )

Output:

Confirm
Are you sure you want to perform this action?
Performing the operation "Remove-ASTag (DeleteTags)" on target "Amazon.AutoScaling.Model.Tag".
[Y] Yes  [A] Yes to All  [N] No  [L] No to All  [S] Suspend  [?] Help (default is "Y"):

Example 2: If you specify the Force parameter, you are not prompted for confirmation before the operation proceeds.

Remove-ASTag -Tag @( @{ResourceType="auto-scaling-group"; ResourceId="my-asg"; Key="myTag" } ) -Force

Example 3: With Powershell version 2, you must use New-Object to create the tag for the Tag parameter.

$tag = New-Object Amazon.AutoScaling.Model.Tag
$tag.ResourceType = "auto-scaling-group"
$tag.ResourceId = "my-asg"
$tag.Key = "myTag"
Remove-ASTag -Tag $tag -Force

Example 1: This example removes the specified tag from the specified Auto Scaling group. You are prompted for confirmation before the operation proceeds. The syntax used by this example requires PowerShell version 3 or later.

Remove-ASTag -Tag @( @{ResourceType="auto-scaling-group"; ResourceId="my-asg"; Key="myTag" } )

Output:

Confirm
Are you sure you want to perform this action?
Performing the operation "Remove-ASTag (DeleteTags)" on target "Amazon.AutoScaling.Model.Tag".
[Y] Yes  [A] Yes to All  [N] No  [L] No to All  [S] Suspend  [?] Help (default is "Y"):

Example 2: If you specify the Force parameter, you are not prompted for confirmation before the operation proceeds.

Remove-ASTag -Tag @( @{ResourceType="auto-scaling-group"; ResourceId="my-asg"; Key="myTag" } ) -Force

Example 3: With Powershell version 2, you must use New-Object to create the tag for the Tag parameter.

$tag = New-Object Amazon.AutoScaling.Model.Tag
$tag.ResourceType = "auto-scaling-group"
$tag.ResourceId = "my-asg"
$tag.Key = "myTag"
Remove-ASTag -Tag $tag -Force