Deleting an Amazon CloudSearch Domain
If you are no longer using a search domain, you must delete it to avoid incurring
additional usage fees. You will still be charged for a domain even if it does not contain
any documents—deleting all documents does not delete the domain. Deleting a domain
deletes the index associated with the domain and takes the domain's document and search
endpoints offline permanently. It can take some time to completely remove a domain and
decommission all of its resources. Small domains are typically deleted in a short amount of
time, while especially large domains may require an extended amount of time to be deleted.
During this process, the domain status is Being Deleted and your account is not
charged.
You can delete a domain from the Amazon CloudSearch console, using the aws cloudsearch delete-domain command, or using the AWS SDKs.
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Deleting a Domain Using the Amazon CloudSearch Console
You can easily delete a domain from the domain dashboard in the Amazon CloudSearch console.
To delete a domain
Open the Amazon CloudSearch console at https://console.aws.amazon.com/cloudsearch/home
. In left Navigation pane, choose Domains.
Select the checkbox next to the domain that you want to delete, then choose Delete and confirm deletion.
Deleting a Domain Using the AWS CLI
Run the aws cloudsearch delete-domain command and specify the name of the domain you want to
delete. For example, to delete the movies domain, you specify --domain-name movies.
aws cloudsearch delete-domain --domain-name movies
For information about installing and setting up the AWS CLI, see the AWS Command Line Interface User Guide.
Deleting Amazon CloudSearch Domains Using the AWS SDKs
The AWS SDKs (except the Android and iOS SDKs) support all of the Amazon CloudSearch actions defined in the Amazon CloudSearch Configuration API, including DeleteDomain. For more information about installing and using the AWS SDKs, see AWS Software Development Kits
