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Deleting a custom insight

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Deleting a custom insight - AWS Security Hub

In AWS Security Hub, custom insights can be used to collect a specific set of findings and track issues that are unique to your environment. For background information about custom insights, see Understanding custom insights in Security Hub.

To delete a custom insight, choose your preferred method, and follow the instructions. You can't delete a managed insight.

Security Hub console
To delete a custom insight (console)

  1. Open the AWS Security Hub console at https://console.aws.amazon.com/securityhub/.

  2. In the navigation pane, choose Insights.

  3. Locate the custom insight to delete.

  4. For that insight, choose the more options icon (the three dots in the top-right corner of the card).

  5. Choose Delete.

Security Hub API
To delete a custom insight (API)

  1. Use the DeleteInsight operation of the Security Hub API. If you use the AWS CLI run the delete-insight command.

  2. To identify the custom insight to delete, provide the insight's ARN. To get the ARN of a custom insight, use the GetInsights operation or get-insights command.

The following example deletes the specified insight. This example is formatted for Linux, macOS, or Unix, and it uses the backslash (\) line-continuation character to improve readability.

$ aws securityhub delete-insight --insight-arn "arn:aws:securityhub:us-west-1:123456789012:insight/123456789012/custom/a1b2c3d4-5678-90ab-cdef-EXAMPLE11111"
PowerShell
To delete a custom insight (PowerShell)

  1. Use the Remove-SHUBInsight cmdlet.

  2. To identify the custom insight, provide the insight's ARN. To get the ARN of a custom insight, use the Get-SHUBInsight cmdlet.

Example

-InsightArn "arn:aws:securityhub:us-west-1:123456789012:insight/123456789012/custom/a1b2c3d4-5678-90ab-cdef-EXAMPLE11111"
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To delete a custom insight (console)

  1. Open the AWS Security Hub console at https://console.aws.amazon.com/securityhub/.

  2. In the navigation pane, choose Insights.

  3. Locate the custom insight to delete.

  4. For that insight, choose the more options icon (the three dots in the top-right corner of the card).

  5. Choose Delete.

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