**Example 1: To describe a snapshot** The following ``describe-snapshots`` example describes the specified snapshot. :: aws ec2 describe-snapshots \ --snapshot-ids snap-1234567890abcdef0 Output:: { "Snapshots": [ { "Description": "This is my snapshot", "Encrypted": false, "VolumeId": "vol-049df61146c4d7901", "State": "completed", "VolumeSize": 8, "StartTime": "2019-02-28T21:28:32.000Z", "Progress": "100%", "OwnerId": "012345678910", "SnapshotId": "snap-01234567890abcdef", "Tags": [ { "Key": "Stack", "Value": "test" } ] } ] } For more information, see `Amazon EBS snapshots <https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/EBSSnapshots.html>`__ in the *Amazon EC2 User Guide*. **Example 2: To describe snapshots based on filters** The following ``describe-snapshots`` example uses filters to scope the results to snapshots owned by your AWS account that are in the ``pending`` state. The example uses the ``--query`` parameter to display only the snapshot IDs and the time the snapshot was started. :: aws ec2 describe-snapshots \ --owner-ids self \ --filters Name=status,Values=pending \ --query "Snapshots[*].{ID:SnapshotId,Time:StartTime}" Output:: [ { "ID": "snap-1234567890abcdef0", "Time": "2019-08-04T12:48:18.000Z" }, { "ID": "snap-066877671789bd71b", "Time": "2019-08-04T02:45:16.000Z }, ... ] The following ``describe-snapshots`` example uses filters to scope the results to snapshots created from the specified volume. The example uses the ``--query`` parameter to display only the snapshot IDs. :: aws ec2 describe-snapshots \ --filters Name=volume-id,Values=049df61146c4d7901 \ --query "Snapshots[*].[SnapshotId]" \ --output text Output:: snap-1234567890abcdef0 snap-08637175a712c3fb9 ... For additional examples using filters, see `Listing and filtering your resources <https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/Using_Filtering.html#Filtering_Resources_CLI>`__ in the *Amazon EC2 User Guide*. **Example 3: To describe snapshots based on tags** The following ``describe-snapshots`` example uses tag filters to scope the results to snapshots that have the tag ``Stack=Prod``. :: aws ec2 describe-snapshots \ --filters Name=tag:Stack,Values=prod For an example of the output for ``describe-snapshots``, see Example 1. For additional examples using tag filters, see `Working with tags <https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/Using_Tags.html#Using_Tags_CLI>`__ in the *Amazon EC2 User Guide*. **Example 4: To describe snapshots based on age** The following ``describe-snapshots`` example uses JMESPath expressions to describe all snapshots created by your AWS account before the specified date. It displays only the snapshot IDs. :: aws ec2 describe-snapshots \ --owner-ids 012345678910 \ --query "Snapshots[?(StartTime<='2020-03-31')].[SnapshotId]" For additional examples using filters, see `Listing and filtering your resources <https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/Using_Filtering.html#Filtering_Resources_CLI>`__ in the *Amazon EC2 User Guide*. **Example 5: To view only archived snapshots** The following ``describe-snapshots`` example lists only snapshots that are stored in the archive tier. :: aws ec2 describe-snapshots \ --filters "Name=storage-tier,Values=archive" Output:: { "Snapshots": [ { "Description": "Snap A", "Encrypted": false, "VolumeId": "vol-01234567890aaaaaa", "State": "completed", "VolumeSize": 8, "StartTime": "2021-09-07T21:00:00.000Z", "Progress": "100%", "OwnerId": "123456789012", "SnapshotId": "snap-01234567890aaaaaa", "StorageTier": "archive", "Tags": [] }, ] } For more information, see `View archived snapshots <https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/working-with-snapshot-archiving.html#view-archived-snapshot>`__ in the *Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud User Guide*.