# Deleting parameters from Parameter Store
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This topic describes how to delete parameters that you have created in Parameter Store, a tool in Amazon Systems Manager.

**Warning**  
Deleting a parameter removes all versions of it. Once deleted, the parameter and its versions can't be restored.

**To delete a parameter using the console**

1. Open the Amazon Systems Manager console at [https://console.amazonaws.cn/systems-manager/](https://console.amazonaws.cn/systems-manager/).

1. In the navigation pane, choose **Parameter Store**.

1. On the **My parameters** tab, select the check box next to each parameter to delete.

1. Choose **Delete**.

1. On the confirmation dialog, choose **Delete parameters**.

**To delete a parameter using the Amazon CLI**
+ Run the following command:

  ```
  aws ssm delete-parameter --name "{{my-parameter}}"
  ```

  Replace {{my-parameter}} with the name of your parameter to be deleted.

  For information about all options available for use with the `delete-parameter` command, see [delete-parameter](https://docs.amazonaws.cn/cli/latest/reference/ssm/delete-parameter.html) in the *Amazon Systems Manager section of the Amazon CLI Command Reference*.