Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Documentation

Deleting a Snapshot

Delete a File Storage snapshot.

Note

If a snapshot is deleted while a clone of it is being hydrated, the source snapshot remains in the DELETING state until hydration is complete. For more information, see Cloning File Systems.
    1. Open the navigation menu and click Storage. Under File Storage, click File Systems.
    2. In the List scope section, under Compartment, select a compartment.
    3. Click the name of the file system with the snapshot that you want to delete.
    4. On the file system's details page, under Resources, click Snapshots.
    5. Select the snapshot or shapshots that you want to delete.
    6. Click Delete.
    7. Confirm when prompted.

  • Use the fs snapshot delete command and required parameters to delete a snapshot:

    oci fs snapshot delete --snapshot-id <snapshot_OCID>

    For a complete list of flags and variable options for CLI commands, see the Command Line Reference.

  • Run the DeleteSnapshot operation to delete a snapshot.

    For information about using the API and signing requests, see REST API documentation and Security Credentials. For information about SDKs, see SDKs and the CLI.