# Delete a key value store
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You can delete your key value store by using the Amazon CloudFront console or API.

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#### [ Console ]

**To delete a key value store**

1. Sign in to the AWS Management Console and open the **Functions** page in the CloudFront console at [https://console.aws.amazon.com/cloudfront/v4/home#/functions](https://console.aws.amazon.com/cloudfront/v4/home#/functions).

1. Choose the function name.

1. Under the **Associated KeyValueStore** section, verify if a key value store is associated with the function. If it is, remove the association by choosing **Disassociate KeyValueStore** and then choose **Remove association**.

1. In the navigation pane, choose the **Functions** page and then choose the **KeyValueStores** tab. 

1. Select the key value store that you want to delete and then choose **Delete**.

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#### [ AWS CLI ]

**To delete a key value store**

1. Get the `ETag` and the name of the key value stores. For more information, see [Get a reference to a key value store](kvs-with-functions-get-reference.md).

1. Verify if the key value stores is associated with a function. If it is, remove the association. For more information on both these steps, see [Update functions](update-function.md).

1. After you have the name and `ETag` of the key value store and it's no longer associated with a function, you can delete it.

   Run the following command to delete the specified key value store.

   ```
   aws cloudfront delete-key-value-store \
       --name=keyvaluestore1 \
       --if-match=E3UN6WX5RRO2AG
   ```

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#### [ API ]

**To delete a key value store**

1. Get the `ETag` and the name of the key value stores. For more information, see [Get a reference to a key value store](kvs-with-functions-get-reference.md).

1. Verify if the key value stores is associated with a function. If it is, remove the association. For more information on both these steps, see [Update functions](update-function.md).

1. To delete the key value store, use the CloudFront [https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cloudfront/latest/APIReference/API_DeleteKeyValueStore.html](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cloudfront/latest/APIReference/API_DeleteKeyValueStore.html) API operation.

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