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AWS CLI EC2 Cheat Sheet/Delete a snapshot

Remove a no-longer-needed snapshot.

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Section: EBS Volumes and Snapshots

Delete a snapshot

bash
bash
aws ec2 delete-snapshot --snapshot-id snap-0123456789abcdef0
Explanation

Be careful to preserve restore points required by retention policy.

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