Use DeleteAlias with an AWS SDK or CLI

The following code examples show how to use DeleteAlias.

CLI

AWS CLI

To delete an AWS KMS alias

The following delete-alias example deletes the alias alias/example-alias. The alias name must begin with alias/.

aws kms delete-alias \
    --alias-name alias/example-alias

This command produces no output. To find the alias, use the list-aliases command.

For more information, see Deleting an alias in the AWS Key Management Service Developer Guide.

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

Java

SDK for Java 2.x

Note

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

    /**
     * Deletes a specific KMS alias asynchronously.
     *
     * @param aliasName the name of the alias to be deleted
     * @return a {@link CompletableFuture} representing the asynchronous operation of deleting the specified alias
     */
    public CompletableFuture<Void> deleteSpecificAliasAsync(String aliasName) {
        DeleteAliasRequest deleteAliasRequest = DeleteAliasRequest.builder()
            .aliasName(aliasName)
            .build();

        return getAsyncClient().deleteAlias(deleteAliasRequest)
            .thenRun(() -> {
                logger.info("Alias {} has been deleted successfully", aliasName);
            })
            .exceptionally(throwable -> {
                throw new RuntimeException("Failed to delete alias: " + aliasName, throwable);
            });
    }

• For API details, see DeleteAlias in AWS SDK for Java 2.x API Reference.

PHP

SDK for PHP

Note

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

    /***
     * @param string $aliasName
     * @return void
     */
    public function deleteAlias(string $aliasName)
    {
        try {
            $this->client->deleteAlias([
                'AliasName' => $aliasName,
            ]);
        }catch(KmsException $caught){
            echo "There was a problem deleting the alias: {$caught->getAwsErrorMessage()}\n";
            throw $caught;
        }
    }

• For API details, see DeleteAlias in AWS SDK for PHP API Reference.

Python

SDK for Python (Boto3)

Note

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

class AliasManager:
    def __init__(self, kms_client):
        self.kms_client = kms_client
        self.created_key = None

    @classmethod
    def from_client(cls) -> "AliasManager":
        """
        Creates an AliasManager instance with a default KMS client.

        :return: An instance of AliasManager initialized with the default KMS client.
        """
        kms_client = boto3.client("kms")
        return cls(kms_client)


    def delete_alias(self, alias: str) -> None:
        """
        Deletes an alias.

        :param alias: The alias to delete.
        """
        try:
            self.kms_client.delete_alias(AliasName=alias)
        except ClientError as err:
            logger.error(
                "Couldn't delete alias %s. Here's why: %s",
                alias,
                err.response["Error"]["Message"],
            )
            raise

• For API details, see DeleteAlias in AWS SDK for Python (Boto3) API Reference.

For a complete list of AWS SDK developer guides and code examples, see Using this service with an AWS SDK. This topic also includes information about getting started and details about previous SDK versions.