Deleting your configuration recorders - AWS Config

Deleting your configuration recorders

You must use the AWS CLI to delete the customer managed configuration recorder. You can use AWS Config console or the AWS CLI to delete a service-linked configuration recorder.

To delete the customer managed configuration recorder (CLI)

Use the delete-configuration-recorder command:

$ aws configservice delete-configuration-recorder --configuration-recorder-name default
To delete a service-linked configuration recorder (Console)

  1. Sign in to the AWS Management Console and open the AWS Config console at https://console.aws.amazon.com/config/.

  2. Choose Settings in the navigation pane.

  3. On the Service-linked recorders tab, choose a service-linked configuration recorders on the Service-linked recorders tab, and then choose Delete. When prompted, choose Delete.

To delete a service-linked configuration recorder (CLI)

Use the delete-service-linked-configuration-recorder command:

This command uses the --service-principal field.

$ aws configservice delete-service-linked-configuration-recorder --service-principal "The service principal of the AWS service for the service-linked configuration recorder that you want to delete"