ec2-delete-snapshot

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Syntax

ec2-delete-snapshot snapshot_id

Deletes an Amazon EBS snapshot.

Option Description Required

Option	Description	Required
`snapshot_id`	The ID of the snapshot to delete. Example: `snap-78a54011`	Yes

snapshot_id

The ID of the snapshot to delete.

Example: snap-78a54011

Yes

Amazon EBS returns a table that contains the following information:

Amazon EBS displays errors on stderr.

This example deletes snapshot snap-78a54011.

$ ec2-delete-snapshot snap-78a54011
SNAPSHOT snap-78a54011