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User Guide for Linux Instances

Deleting an Amazon EBS Volume

After you no longer need an Amazon EBS volume, you can delete it. After deletion, its data is gone and the volume can't be attached to any instance. However, before deletion, you can store a snapshot of the volume, which you can use to recreate the volume later.

To delete an EBS volume using the console

  1. Open the Amazon EC2 console.

  2. Click Volumes in the navigation pane.

  3. Select a volume and click Delete Volume.

  4. In the confirmation dialog box, click Yes, Delete.

To delete an EBS volume using the command line

You can use one of the following commands. For more information about these command line interfaces, see Accessing Amazon EC2.