Use DeleteDocument with an Amazon SDK or CLI

To delete a document

The following delete-document example deletes a Systems Manager document.

aws ssm delete-document \
    --name "Example"

This command produces no output.

For more information, see Creating Systems Manager Documents in the Amazon Systems Manager User Guide.

    // Deletes an AWS Systems Manager document.
    public static void deleteDoc(SsmClient ssmClient, String documentName) {
        try {
            DeleteDocumentRequest documentRequest = DeleteDocumentRequest.builder()
                .name(documentName)
                .build();

            ssmClient.deleteDocument(documentRequest);
            System.out.println("The Systems Manager document was successfully deleted.");

        } catch (SsmException e) {
            System.err.println(e.getMessage());
            System.exit(1);
        }
    }

Example 1: This example deletes a document. There is no output if the command succeeds.

Remove-SSMDocument -Name "RunShellScript"

class DocumentWrapper:
    """Encapsulates AWS Systems Manager Document actions."""

    def __init__(self, ssm_client):
        """
        :param ssm_client: A Boto3 Systems Manager client.
        """
        self.ssm_client = ssm_client
        self.name = None

    @classmethod
    def from_client(cls):
        ssm_client = boto3.client("ssm")
        return cls(ssm_client)


    def delete(self):
        """
        Deletes an AWS Systems Manager document.
        """
        if self.name is None:
            return

        try:
            self.ssm_client.delete_document(Name=self.name)
            print(f"Deleted document {self.name}.")
            self.name = None
        except ClientError as err:
            logger.error(
                "Couldn't delete %s. Here's why: %s: %s",
                self.name,
                err.response["Error"]["Code"],
                err.response["Error"]["Message"],
            )
            raise