Use DeleteSnapshot with an AWS SDK or CLI

The following code examples show how to use DeleteSnapshot.

CLI

AWS CLI

To delete a snapshot

This example command deletes a snapshot with the snapshot ID of snap-1234567890abcdef0. If the command succeeds, no output is returned.

Command:

aws ec2 delete-snapshot --snapshot-id snap-1234567890abcdef0

• For API details, see DeleteSnapshot in AWS CLI Command Reference.

PowerShell

Tools for PowerShell

Example 1: This example deletes the specified snapshot. You are prompted for confirmation before the operation proceeds, unless you also specify the Force parameter.

Remove-EC2Snapshot -SnapshotId snap-12345678

Output:

Confirm
Are you sure you want to perform this action?
Performing the operation "Remove-EC2Snapshot (DeleteSnapshot)" on target "snap-12345678".
[Y] Yes  [A] Yes to All  [N] No  [L] No to All  [S] Suspend  [?] Help (default is "Y"):

• For API details, see DeleteSnapshot in AWS Tools for PowerShell Cmdlet Reference.

Rust

SDK for Rust

Note

There's more on GitHub. Find the complete example and learn how to set up and run in the AWS Code Examples Repository.

async fn delete_snapshot(client: &Client, id: &str) -> Result<(), Error> {
    client.delete_snapshot().snapshot_id(id).send().await?;

    println!("Deleted");

    Ok(())
}

• For API details, see DeleteSnapshot in AWS SDK for Rust API reference.