Use DeleteTags with an Amazon SDK or CLI

Example 1: To delete a tag from a resource

The following delete-tags example deletes the tag Stack=Test from the specified image. When you specify both a value and a key name, the tag is deleted only if the tag's value matches the specified value.

aws ec2 delete-tags \
    --resources ami-1234567890abcdef0 \
    --tags Key=Stack,Value=Test

It's optional to specify the value for a tag. The following delete-tags example deletes the tag with the key name purpose from the specified instance, regardless of the tag value for the tag.

aws ec2 delete-tags \
    --resources i-1234567890abcdef0 \
    --tags Key=purpose

If you specify the empty string as the tag value, the tag is deleted only if the tag's value is the empty string. The following delete-tags example specifies the empty string as the tag value for the tag to delete.

aws ec2 delete-tags \
    --resources i-1234567890abcdef0 \
    --tags Key=Name,Value=

Example 2: To delete a tag from multiple resources

The following delete-tags example deletes the tag``Purpose=Test`` from both an instance and an AMI. As shown in the previous example, you can omit the tag value from the command.

aws ec2 delete-tags \
    --resources i-1234567890abcdef0 ami-1234567890abcdef0 \
    --tags Key=Purpose

Example 1: This example deletes the specified tag from the specified resource, regardless of the tag value. The syntax used by this example requires PowerShell version 3 or later.

Remove-EC2Tag -Resource i-12345678 -Tag @{ Key="myTag" } -Force

Example 2: This example deletes the specified tag from the specified resource, but only if the tag value matches. The syntax used by this example requires PowerShell version 3 or later.

Remove-EC2Tag -Resource i-12345678 -Tag @{ Key="myTag";Value="myTagValue" } -Force

Example 3: This example deletes the specified tag from the specified resource, regardless of the tag value.

$tag = New-Object Amazon.EC2.Model.Tag
$tag.Key = "myTag"

Remove-EC2Tag -Resource i-12345678 -Tag $tag -Force

Example 4: This example deletes the specified tag from the specified resource, but only if the tag value matches.

$tag = New-Object Amazon.EC2.Model.Tag
$tag.Key = "myTag"
$tag.Value = "myTagValue"

Remove-EC2Tag -Resource i-12345678 -Tag $tag -Force