How to Delete an Amazon EBS Snapshot
After a snapshot is no longer needed, it can be deleted. This section describes how to delete a snapshot.
AWS Management Console
To delete a snapshot
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Log in to the AWS Management Console and click the Amazon EC2 tab.
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Click Snapshots in the Navigation pane.
The console displays a list of current snapshots.
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Select a snapshot and click Delete Snapshot.
A confirmation dialog box appears.
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Click Yes, Delete.
The snapshot is deleted.
Command Line Tools
To delete a snapshot
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Enter the following command.
PROMPT>snapshot_idAmazon EBS returns information similar to the following example.
SNAPSHOT snap-78a54011