Use DeleteDashboards with an Amazon SDK or CLI

    /// <summary>
    /// Delete a list of CloudWatch dashboards.
    /// </summary>
    /// <param name="dashboardNames">List of dashboard names to delete.</param>
    /// <returns>True if successful.</returns>
    public async Task<bool> DeleteDashboards(List<string> dashboardNames)
    {
        var deleteDashboardsResponse = await _amazonCloudWatch.DeleteDashboardsAsync(
            new DeleteDashboardsRequest()
            {
                DashboardNames = dashboardNames
            });

        return deleteDashboardsResponse.HttpStatusCode == HttpStatusCode.OK;
    }

To delete specified dashboards

The following delete-dashboards example deletes two dashboards named Dashboard-A and Dashboard-B in the specified account.

aws cloudwatch delete-dashboards \
    --dashboard-names Dashboard-A Dashboard-B

This command produces no output.

For more information, see Amazon CloudWatch dashboards in the Amazon CloudWatch User Guide.

    /**
     * Deletes the specified dashboard.
     *
     * @param dashboardName the name of the dashboard to be deleted
     * @return a {@link CompletableFuture} representing the asynchronous operation of deleting the dashboard
     * @throws RuntimeException if the dashboard deletion fails
     */
    public CompletableFuture<DeleteDashboardsResponse> deleteDashboardAsync(String dashboardName) {
        DeleteDashboardsRequest dashboardsRequest = DeleteDashboardsRequest.builder()
            .dashboardNames(dashboardName)
            .build();

        return getAsyncClient().deleteDashboards(dashboardsRequest)
            .whenComplete((response, exception) -> {
                if (exception != null) {
                    throw new RuntimeException("Failed to delete the dashboard: " + dashboardName, exception);
                } else {
                    logger.info("{} was successfully deleted.", dashboardName);
                }
            });
    }

suspend fun deleteDashboard(dashboardName: String) {
    val dashboardsRequest =
        DeleteDashboardsRequest {
            dashboardNames = listOf(dashboardName)
        }
    CloudWatchClient { region = "us-east-1" }.use { cwClient ->
        cwClient.deleteDashboards(dashboardsRequest)
        println("$dashboardName was successfully deleted.")
    }
}

Example 1: Deletes the specified dashboard, promoting for confirmation before proceeding. To bypass confirmation add the -Force switch to the command.

Remove-CWDashboard -DashboardName Dashboard1

Example 1: Deletes the specified dashboard, promoting for confirmation before proceeding. To bypass confirmation add the -Force switch to the command.

Remove-CWDashboard -DashboardName Dashboard1