You can delete snapshots that are no longer needed to free up space or when the maximum
number of snapshots has been reached. This topic describes the procedure to delete
a snapshot in the ECS console. This procedure applies to both manual snapshots and
automatic snapshots.
Prerequisites
- You have created a snapshot. For more information, see Create a snapshot for a disk.
- If a snapshot has been used to create custom images, you must delete those custom
images before the snapshot can be deleted. For more information, see Delete a custom image.
Background information
To delete a snapshot from which you have created disks, you can choose only Force Delete. After the snapshot is deleted, the disks cannot be re-initialized.
Procedure
- Log on to the ECS console.
- In the left-side navigation pane, choose .
- In the top navigation bar, select a region.
- Select one or more snapshots to be deleted and click Delete at the bottom of the page.
- In the Delete dialog box, select Delete or Force Delete.
Notice To delete a snapshot from which you have created disks, you can choose only
Force Delete and then click Proceed to Forcibly Delete. After a snapshot is deleted, you cannot
perform operations that depend on the status of the original snapshot data, such as
the operation to
reinitialize a cloud disk.
- Click OK.