How to Delete an Amazon EBS Volume
After a volume is no longer needed, it can be deleted. Once deleted, its data is deleted and it cannot be attached to any instance. However, you can store a snapshot of the volume that you can use to recreate it later.
This section describes how to delete a volume.
AWS Management Console
To delete a volume
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Log in to the AWS Management Console and click the Amazon EC2 tab.
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Click Volumes in the Navigation pane.
The console displays a list of current volumes.
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Select a volume and click Delete Volume.
A confirmation dialog box appears.
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Click Yes, Delete.
The volume is deleted.
Command Line Tools
To delete a volume
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Enter the following command.
PROMPT>Amazon EBS returns information similar to the following example.
VOLUME vol-4282672b