# Deleting snapshots
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Use the [https://docs.netapp.com/us-en/ontap-cli-9131/volume-snapshot-delete.html](https://docs.netapp.com/us-en/ontap-cli-9131/volume-snapshot-delete.html) ONTAP CLI command to manually delete snapshots, replacing the following placeholder values with your data:
+ Replace *`svm_name`* with the name of the SVM that the volume is created on.
+ Replace *`vol_name`* with name of the volume.
+ Replace *`snapshot_name`* with the name of the snapshot. This command supports wildcard characters (`*`) for *`snapshot_name`*. Therefore, you can delete all hourly snapshots, for example, by using `hourly*`.

**Important**  
If you have Amazon FSx backups enabled, Amazon FSx retains a snapshot for the most recent Amazon FSx backup of each volume. Those snapshots are used to maintain incrementality between backups, and must not be deleted by using this method. For more information, see [Viewing the common snapshot](common-snapshot.md).

```
FsxIdabcdef01234567892::> volume snapshot delete -vserver svm_name -volume vol_name -snapshot snapshot_name
```