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# EC2 Delete Snapshot

Deletes the specified snapshot. When you make periodic snapshots of a volume, the snapshots are incremental, and only the blocks on the device that have changed since your last snapshot are saved in the new snapshot. When you delete a snapshot, only the data not needed for any other snapshot is removed. So regardless of which prior snapshots have been deleted, all active snapshots will have access to all the information needed to restore the volume. You cannot delete a snapshot of the root device of an EBS volume used by a registered AMI. You must first de-register the AMI before you can delete the snapshot. For more information, see Delete an Amazon EBS snapshot in the Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud User Guide.

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  External Documentation

  To learn more, visit the [AWS documentation](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/APIReference/API_DeleteSnapshot.html).
</Note>

## Basic Parameters

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  | Parameter   | Description                   |
  | ----------- | ----------------------------- |
  | AWS Region  | Enter the desired AWS Region. |
  | Snapshot ID | The ID of the EBS snapshot.   |
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## Advanced Parameters

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  | Parameter                        | Description                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |
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  | Disable XML To JSON Auto Convert | When checked, XML responses are not automatically converted into JSON format.                                                                                                                                                                              |
  | Dry Run                          | Checks whether you have the required permissions for the action, without actually making the request, and provides an error response. If you have the required permissions, the error response is DryRunOperation. Otherwise, it is UnauthorizedOperation. |
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## Workflow Library Example

[Detect Old Aws Ebs Snaphots and Delete Them After Approval](https://library.blinkops.com/workflows/detect-old-aws-ebs-snaphots-and-delete-them-after-approval)

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