Installing, updating, and uninstalling the AWS CLI - AWS Command Line Interface

Python 2.7, 3.4, and 3.5 are deprecated for the AWS CLI version 1. For more information see the AWS CLI version 1 section of About the AWS CLI versions.

Installing, updating, and uninstalling the AWS CLI

The AWS Command Line Interface (AWS CLI) is available in the following versions:

  • Version 2 ‐ is the most recent major version of the AWS CLI and supports all of the latest features. For more information on the AWS CLI version 2, see AWS CLI version 2.

  • Version 1 ‐ is the original AWS CLI, and we continue to support it. However, major new features that are introduced in the AWS CLI version 2 might not be backported to the AWS CLI version 1. For more information on the AWS CLI version 1, see AWS CLI version 1.

To check the version you have installed use the following command.

C:\> aws --version
aws-cli/2.1.29 Python/3.7.4 Windows/10 botocore/2.0.0

For instructions on installing, updating, and uninstalling the AWS CLI, select your version:

Versions