# DeleteSnapshot
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Deletes an existing snapshot. When you receive a successful response from this operation, MemoryDB immediately begins deleting the snapshot; you cannot cancel or revert this operation.

## Request Syntax
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```
{
   "SnapshotName": "string"
}
```

## Request Parameters
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For information about the parameters that are common to all actions, see [Common Parameters](CommonParameters.md).

The request accepts the following data in JSON format.

 ** [SnapshotName](#API_DeleteSnapshot_RequestSyntax) **   <a name="MemoryDB-DeleteSnapshot-request-SnapshotName"></a>
The name of the snapshot to delete.  
Type: String  
Required: Yes

## Response Syntax
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```
{
   "Snapshot": { 
      "ARN": "string",
      "ClusterConfiguration": { 
         "Description": "string",
         "Engine": "string",
         "EngineVersion": "string",
         "MaintenanceWindow": "string",
         "MultiRegionClusterName": "string",
         "MultiRegionParameterGroupName": "string",
         "Name": "string",
         "NodeType": "string",
         "NumShards": number,
         "ParameterGroupName": "string",
         "Port": number,
         "Shards": [ 
            { 
               "Configuration": { 
                  "ReplicaCount": number,
                  "Slots": "string"
               },
               "Name": "string",
               "Size": "string",
               "SnapshotCreationTime": number
            }
         ],
         "SnapshotRetentionLimit": number,
         "SnapshotWindow": "string",
         "SubnetGroupName": "string",
         "TopicArn": "string",
         "VpcId": "string"
      },
      "DataTiering": "string",
      "KmsKeyId": "string",
      "Name": "string",
      "Source": "string",
      "Status": "string"
   }
}
```

## Response Elements
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If the action is successful, the service sends back an HTTP 200 response.

The following data is returned in JSON format by the service.

 ** [Snapshot](#API_DeleteSnapshot_ResponseSyntax) **   <a name="MemoryDB-DeleteSnapshot-response-Snapshot"></a>
The snapshot object that has been deleted.  
Type: [Snapshot](API_Snapshot.md) object

## Errors
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For information about the errors that are common to all actions, see [Common Error Types](CommonErrors.md).

 ** InvalidParameterCombinationException **   
  
HTTP Status Code: 400

 ** InvalidParameterValueException **   
  
HTTP Status Code: 400

 ** InvalidSnapshotStateFault **   
  
HTTP Status Code: 400

 ** ServiceLinkedRoleNotFoundFault **   
  
HTTP Status Code: 400

 ** SnapshotNotFoundFault **   
  
HTTP Status Code: 400

## See Also
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For more information about using this API in one of the language-specific AWS SDKs, see the following:
+  [AWS Command Line Interface V2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/cli2/memorydb-2021-01-01/DeleteSnapshot) 
+  [AWS SDK for .NET V4](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/DotNetSDKV4/memorydb-2021-01-01/DeleteSnapshot) 
+  [AWS SDK for C\$1\$1](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForCpp/memorydb-2021-01-01/DeleteSnapshot) 
+  [AWS SDK for Go v2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForGoV2/memorydb-2021-01-01/DeleteSnapshot) 
+  [AWS SDK for Java V2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaV2/memorydb-2021-01-01/DeleteSnapshot) 
+  [AWS SDK for JavaScript V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaScriptV3/memorydb-2021-01-01/DeleteSnapshot) 
+  [AWS SDK for Kotlin](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForKotlin/memorydb-2021-01-01/DeleteSnapshot) 
+  [AWS SDK for PHP V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForPHPV3/memorydb-2021-01-01/DeleteSnapshot) 
+  [AWS SDK for Python](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/boto3/memorydb-2021-01-01/DeleteSnapshot) 
+  [AWS SDK for Ruby V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForRubyV3/memorydb-2021-01-01/DeleteSnapshot)