# Deleting a Neptune Snapshot
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You can delete a DB snapshot using the AWS Management Console, the AWS CLI, or the Neptune management API:

## Deleting Using the Console
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1. Sign in to the AWS Management Console, and open the Amazon Neptune console at [https://console.aws.amazon.com/neptune/home](https://console.aws.amazon.com/neptune/home).

1. In the navigation pane, choose **Snapshots**.

1. Choose the DB snapshot that you want to delete.

1. For **Actions**, choose **Delete Snapshot**. 

1. Choose **Delete** on the confirmation page.

## Deleting Using the AWS CLI
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You can also delete a DB snapshot using the AWS CLI [delete\_db\_cluster\_snapshot](api-snapshots.md#DeleteDBClusterSnapshot) command, using the `--db-snapshot-identifier` parameter to identify the snapshot you want to delete:

For Linux, OS X, or Unix:

```
1. aws neptune delete-db-cluster-snapshot \
2.     --db-snapshot-identifier {{<name-of-the-snapshot-to-delete>}}
```

For Windows:

```
1. aws neptune delete-db-cluster-snapshot ^
2.     --db-snapshot-identifier {{<name-of-the-snapshot-to-delete>}}
```

## Deleting Using the Neptune Management API
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You can use one of the SDKs to delete a DB snapshot by calling the [DeleteDBClusterSnapshot](api-snapshots.md#DeleteDBClusterSnapshot) API and use the `DBSnapshotIdentifier` parameters to identify the DB snapshot to be deleted.