Delete a queue
If you no longer use an Amazon SQS queue and don't foresee using it in the near future, we recommend deleting it.
Tip
If you want to verify that a queue is empty before you delete it, see Confirming that a queue is empty.
You can delete a queue even when it isn't empty. To delete the messages in a queue but not the queue itself, purge the queue.
To delete a queue (console)
Open the Amazon SQS console at https://console.amazonaws.cn/sqs/
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In the navigation pane, choose Queues.
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On the Queues page, choose the queue to delete.
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Choose Delete.
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In the Delete queue dialog box, confirm the deletion by entering
delete
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Choose Delete.
To delete a queue (Amazon CLIAmazon API)
You can use one of the following commands to delete a queue:
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Amazon CLI:
aws sqs delete-queue
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Amazon API:
DeleteQueue