Deleting Systems Manager parameters - AWS Systems Manager

Deleting Systems Manager parameters

This topic describes how to delete parameters that you have created in Parameter Store, a capability of AWS Systems Manager.

To delete a parameter (console)
  1. Open the AWS Systems Manager console at https://console.aws.amazon.com/systems-manager/.

  2. In the navigation pane, choose Parameter Store.

    -or-

    If the AWS Systems Manager home page opens first, choose the menu icon ( 
    The menu icon
  ) to open the navigation pane, and then choose Parameter Store.

  3. On the My parameters tab, select the check box next to each parameter to delete.

  4. Choose Delete.

  5. On the confirmation dialog, choose Delete parameters.

To delete a parameter (AWS CLI)
  • Run the following command:

    aws ssm delete-parameter --name "my-parameter"

    Replace my-parameter with the name of your parameter to be deleted.

    For information about all options available for use with the delete-parameter command, see delete-parameter in the AWS Systems Manager section of the AWS CLI Command Reference.