ec2-delete-volume From Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud: 2008-12-01 previous page next page ec2-delete-volumeSyntax ec2-delete-volume volume_id Description Deletes the specified Amazon EBS volume. OptionsOptionDescriptionRequiredvolume_idThe ID of the Amazon EBS volume to delete. NoteThe volume remains in the deleting state for several minutes after entering this command. Example: vol-4282672b YesOutput Amazon EBS returns a table that contains the following information: VOLUME identifierID of the volume you deleted Amazon EBS displays errors on stderr. ExampleThis example deletes volume vol-4282672b.PROMPT> ec2-delete-volume vol-4282672b VOLUME vol-4282672bRelated Topics ec2-create-volume ec2-describe-volumes ec2-attach-volume ec2-detach-volume previous page start next page
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