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DeregisterImage

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DeregisterImage - Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud
Request ParametersResponse ElementsErrorsExamplesSee Also

Deregisters the specified AMI. A deregistered AMI can't be used to launch new instances.

If a deregistered EBS-backed AMI matches a Recycle Bin retention rule, it moves to the Recycle Bin for the specified retention period. It can be restored before its retention period expires, after which it is permanently deleted. If the deregistered AMI doesn't match a retention rule, it is permanently deleted immediately. For more information, see Recycle Bin in the Amazon EBS User Guide.

Deregistering an AMI does not delete the following:

  • Instances already launched from the AMI. You'll continue to incur usage costs for the instances until you terminate them.

  • For EBS-backed AMIs: The snapshots that were created of the root and data volumes of the instance during AMI creation. You'll continue to incur snapshot storage costs.

  • For instance store-backed AMIs: The files uploaded to Amazon S3 during AMI creation. You'll continue to incur S3 storage costs.

For more information, see Deregister an Amazon EC2 AMI in the Amazon EC2 User Guide.

Request Parameters

The following parameters are for this specific action. For more information about required and optional parameters that are common to all actions, see Common Query Parameters.

DryRun

Checks whether you have the required permissions for the action, without actually making the request, and provides an error response. If you have the required permissions, the error response is DryRunOperation. Otherwise, it is UnauthorizedOperation.

Type: Boolean

Required: No

ImageId

The ID of the AMI.

Type: String

Required: Yes

Response Elements

The following element is returned by the service.

requestId

The ID of the request.

Type: String

Errors

For information about the errors that are common to all actions, see Common client error codes.

Examples

Example

This example request deregisters the specified AMI.

Sample Request

https://ec2.amazonaws.com/?Action=DeregisterImage
&ImageId=ami-4fa54026
&AUTHPARAMS

Sample Response

<DeregisterImageResponse xmlns="http://ec2.amazonaws.com/doc/2016-11-15/">
  <requestId>59dbff89-35bd-4eac-99ed-be587EXAMPLE</requestId> 
  <return>true</return>
</DeregisterImageResponse>

See Also

For more information about using this API in one of the language-specific AWS SDKs, see the following:

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