Use DeleteFileSystem with an AWS SDK or CLI - AWS SDK Code Examples

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Use DeleteFileSystem with an AWS SDK or CLI

The following code examples show how to use DeleteFileSystem.

CLI
AWS CLI

To delete a file system

The following delete-file-system example deletes the specified file system.

aws efs delete-file-system \
    --file-system-id fs-c7a0456e

This command produces no output.

For more information, see Deleting an Amazon EFS file system in the Amazon Elastic File System User Guide.

PowerShell
Tools for PowerShell

Example 1: Deletes the specified file system that is no longer in use (if the file system has mount targets they must be removed first). You are prompted for confirmation before the cmdlet proceeds - to suppress confirmation, use the -Force switch.

Remove-EFSFileSystem -FileSystemId fs-1a2b3c4d

  • For API details, see DeleteFileSystem in AWS Tools for PowerShell Cmdlet Reference.