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bulk delete multiple AWS snapshots using AWS CLI
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snaptrash.sh
file="filewithsnapshotids.txt"
cat $file | tr -d '\r' | while read -r line;
do
aws ec2 delete-snapshot --snapshot-id $line
echo "Deleting snapshot $line"
done
@thermonucleardriven
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Hi There,
Thanks for the code, is this a python code?
And how do I actually run it?

Thanks.

@hatchcanon
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@thermonucleardriven This is bash. You have to have the AWS CLI installed for this to work.

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This code also works for deregistering AMIs.
Replace
aws ec2 delete-snapshot --snapshot-id
with
aws ec2 deregister-image --image-id

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m0fugga commented Dec 2, 2022

Thanks exactly what I needed!

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