How to Delete an Amazon EBS Snapshot

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After a snapshot is no longer needed, it can be deleted. This section describes how to delete a snapshot.

Procedure

To delete a snapshot

If you are using SOAP, construct the following request:

<DeleteSnapshot xmlns="http://ec2.amazonaws.com/doc/2009-08-15/">
  <snapshotId>snapshot-id</snapshotId>
</DeleteSnapshot>

If you are using Query, construct the following request:

https://ec2.amazonaws.com/
?Action=DeleteSnapshot
&SnapshotId=snapshot-id
&...auth parameters...

View output similar to the following:

<DeleteSnapshotResponse xmlns="http://ec2.amazonaws.com/doc/2009-08-15/">
  <return>true</return>
</DeleteSnapshotResponse>

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