Elastic Compute Service:Delete a snapshot

Limits

• When you delete a snapshot, data that is contained in the snapshot is deleted, but the disk from which the snapshot was created is not affected.

• When you delete a snapshot, all data that is contained in the snapshot is deleted and cannot be recovered. Deleted snapshots cannot be recovered. Proceed with caution.

• To delete snapshots, find the regions in which snapshots are available and determine whether to delete snapshots in the regions based on your business requirements. You are no longer charged for snapshots only after you delete all snapshots in all regions in your account. For information about snapshot billing, see Snapshots.

Procedure

1. Log on to the ECS console.

2. In the left-side navigation pane, choose Storage & Snapshots > Snapshots.

3. In the top navigation bar, select the region and resource group to which the resource belongs.

4. On the Disk Snapshots tab, find the snapshot that you want to delete and choose > Delete Snapshot in the Actions column.

5. In the Delete Snapshot dialog box, follow the on-screen instructions to delete the snapshot.

   If disks or custom images are created based on the snapshot, forcefully delete the snapshot, or delete the images and then delete the snapshot.

   Delete a snapshot based on which disks are created

   Check the risk information. If you can accept the risks, select Proceed to Force Delete and click Next.

   Important

   After you forcefully delete the snapshot, you cannot perform operations, such as re-initializing disks, that are dependent on the data status recorded in the snapshot.

   

   If the disks are no longer needed, you can click Disks to go to the Disks page, release the disks, and then delete the snapshot on the Disk Snapshots tab.

   Delete a snapshot based on which custom images are created

   Click Images to go to the Custom Images tab of the Images page. Delete the custom images. Then, go back to the Disk Snapshots tab to delete the snapshot.

   Important

   After you delete the custom images, you can no longer use the images to create ECS instances. In addition, you can no longer re-initialize the system disks of the ECS instances that were created from the images. For more information, see Re-initialize a system disk.

   

   Delete a snapshot based on which disks and custom images are created

   1. Click Images to go to the Custom Images tab of the Images page, and then delete the custom images.

   2. Go back to the Disk Snapshots tab to delete the snapshot.

   3. Check the risk information. If you can accept the risks, select Proceed to Force Delete and click Next.