Deleting a backup
An automatic backup is automatically deleted when its retention limit expires. If you delete a cluster, all of its automatic backups are also deleted. If you delete a replication group, all of the automatic backups from the clusters in that group are also deleted.
ElastiCache provides a deletion API operation that lets you delete a backup at any time, regardless of whether the backup was created automatically or manually. Because manual backups don't have a retention limit, manual deletion is the only way to remove them.
You can delete a backup using the ElastiCache console, the Amazon CLI, or the ElastiCache API.
The following procedure deletes a backup using the ElastiCache console.
To delete a backup
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Sign in to the Amazon Web Services Management Console and open the ElastiCache console at https://console.amazonaws.cn/elasticache/
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In the navigation pane, choose Backups.
The Backups screen appears with a list of your backups.
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Choose the box to the left of the name of the backup you want to delete.
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Choose Delete.
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If you want to delete this backup, choose Delete on the Delete Backup confirmation screen. The status changes to deleting.
Use the delete-snapshot Amazon CLI operation with the following parameter to delete a serverless backup.
--serverless-cache-snapshot-name– Name of the backup to be deleted.
The following code deletes the backup myBackup.
aws elasticache delete-serverless-cache-snapshot --serverless-cache-snapshot-namemyBackup
For more information, see delete-serverless-cache-snapshot in the Amazon CLI Command Reference.
Use the delete-snapshot Amazon CLI operation with the following parameter to delete a self-designed cluster backup.
--snapshot-name– Name of the backup to be deleted.
The following code deletes the backup myBackup.
aws elasticache delete-snapshot --snapshot-namemyBackup
For more information, see delete-snapshot in the Amazon CLI Command Reference.