Deleting a DB Instance in Amazon Neptune
You can delete an Amazon Neptune DB instance in any state and at any time, as long the instance has been started and deletion protection is disabled on the instance.
You Cannot Delete a DB Instance If Deletion Protection Is Enabled
You can only delete DB instances that have deletion protection disabled. Neptune enforces deletion protection regardless of whether you use the console, the AWS CLI, or the APIs to delete a DB instance.
Deletion protection is enabled by default when you create a production DB instance using the AWS Management Console.
Deletion protection is disabled by default if you use the AWS CLI or API commands to create a DB instance.
To delete a DB instance that does have deletion protection enabled, first modify
the instance to set its DeletionProtection field to false.
Enabling or disabling deletion protection does not cause an outage.
Taking a Final Snapshot of Your DB Instance Before Deleting It
To delete a DB instance, you must specify the name of the instance and whether
you want to have a final DB snapshot taken of the instance. If the DB instance that
you're deleting has a status of Creating, you can't have a final
DB snapshot taken. If the DB instance is in a failure state with a status of
failed, incompatible-restore, or
incompatible-network, you can only delete the instance when the
SkipFinalSnapshot parameter is set to true.
If you delete all Neptune DB instances in a DB cluster using the AWS Management Console, the entire DB cluster is deleted automatically. If you are using the AWS CLI or SDK, you must delete the DB cluster manually after you delete the last instance.
Important
If you delete an entire DB cluster, all its automated backups are deleted at the same time, and cannot be recovered. This means that unless you choose to create a final DB snapshot manually, you can't restore the DB instance to its final state at a later time. Manual snapshots of an instance are not deleted when the cluster is deleted.
If the DB instance that you want to delete has a read replica, you should either promote the read replica or delete it.
In the following examples, you delete a DB instance both with and without a final DB snapshot.
Deleting a DB Instance with No Final Snapshot
If you want to quickly delete a DB instance, you can skip creating a final DB snapshot. When you delete a DB instance, all automated backups are deleted and cannot be recovered. Manual snapshots are not deleted.
To delete a DB instance with no final DB snapshot using the Neptune console
Sign in to the AWS Management Console, and open the Amazon Neptune console at https://console.aws.amazon.com/neptune/home
. In the navigation pane, choose Databases.
In the Instances list, choose the radio button next to the DB instance that you want to delete.
Choose Instance actions, and then choose Delete.
Choose No in the Create final snapshot? box.
Choose Delete.
Deleting a DB Instance with a Final Snapshot
If you want to be able to restore a deleted DB instance at a later time, you can create a final DB snapshot. All automated backups are also deleted and cannot be recovered. Manual snapshots are not deleted.
To delete a DB instance with a final DB snapshot using the Neptune console
Sign in to the AWS Management Console, and open the Amazon Neptune console at https://console.aws.amazon.com/neptune/home
. In the navigation pane, choose Databases.
In the Instances list, choose the radio button next to the DB instance that you want to delete.
Choose Instance actions, and then choose Delete.
Choose Yes in the Create final snapshot? box.
In the Final snapshot name box, enter the name of your final DB snapshot.
Choose Delete.
