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Delete a launch template or a launch template version

If you no longer require a launch template, you can delete it. Deleting a launch template deletes all of its versions. If you only want to delete a specific version of a launch template, you can do so while retaining the other versions of the launch template.

Deleting a launch template or launch template version doesn't affect any instances that you've launched from the launch template.

Delete a launch template and all of its versions

If you no longer require a launch template, including all of its versions, you can delete the launch template. Deleting a launch template deletes all of its versions.

Console
To delete a launch template and all its versions

  1. Open the Amazon EC2 console at https://console.amazonaws.cn/ec2/.

  2. In the navigation pane, choose Launch Templates.

  3. Select the launch template and choose Actions, Delete template.

  4. Enter Delete to confirm deletion, and then choose Delete.

Amazon CLI
To delete a launch template and all its versions

Use the delete-launch-template command and specify the launch template.

aws ec2 delete-launch-template --launch-template-id lt-01238c059e3466abc
PowerShell
To delete a launch template and all its versions

Use the Remove-EC2LaunchTemplate (Amazon Tools for PowerShell) command and specify the launch template. If -Force is omitted, PowerShell prompts for a confirmation.

Remove-EC2LaunchTemplate -LaunchTemplateId lt-0123456789example -Force

Delete a launch template version

If you no longer require a launch template version, you can delete it.

Considerations

  • You can't replace the version number after you delete it.

  • You can't delete the default version of the launch template; you must first assign a different version as the default. If the default version is the only version for the launch template, you must delete the entire launch template.

  • When using the console, you can delete one launch template version at a time. When using the Amazon CLI, you can delete up to 200 launch template versions in a single request. To delete more than 200 versions in a single request, you can delete the launch template, which also deletes all of its versions.

Console
To delete a launch template version

  1. Open the Amazon EC2 console at https://console.amazonaws.cn/ec2/.

  2. In the navigation pane, choose Launch Templates.

  3. Select the launch template and choose Actions, Delete template version.

  4. Select the version to delete and choose Delete.

Amazon CLI
To delete a launch template version

Use the delete-launch-template-versions command and specify the version numbers to delete. You can specify up to 200 launch template versions to delete in a single request.

aws ec2 delete-launch-template-versions \
    --launch-template-id lt-0abcd290751193123 \
    --versions 1
PowerShell
To delete a launch template version

Use the Remove-EC2TemplateVersion cmdlet and specify the version numbers to delete. You can specify up to 200 launch template versions to delete in a single request.

Remove-EC2TemplateVersion `
    -LaunchTemplateId lt-0abcd290751193123 `
    -Version 1