**To delete a snapshot** The following ``delete-snapshot`` example deleted a snapshot using the Redis engine. :: aws elasticache delete-snapshot \ --snapshot-name mysnapshot Output:: { "Snapshot": { "SnapshotName": "my-cluster-snapshot", "ReplicationGroupId": "mycluster", "ReplicationGroupDescription": "mycluster", "SnapshotStatus": "deleting", "SnapshotSource": "manual", "CacheNodeType": "cache.r5.xlarge", "Engine": "redis", "EngineVersion": "5.0.5", "PreferredMaintenanceWindow": "thu:12:00-thu:13:00", "TopicArn": "arn:aws:sns:us-west-2:xxxxxxxxxxxxx152:My_Topic", "Port": 6379, "CacheParameterGroupName": "default.redis5.0.cluster.on", "CacheSubnetGroupName": "default", "VpcId": "vpc-a3e97cdb", "AutoMinorVersionUpgrade": true, "SnapshotRetentionLimit": 1, "SnapshotWindow": "13:00-14:00", "NumNodeGroups": 4, "AutomaticFailover": "enabled", "NodeSnapshots": [ { "CacheClusterId": "mycluster-0002-003", "NodeGroupId": "0002", "CacheNodeId": "0001", "CacheSize": "6 MB", "CacheNodeCreateTime": "2020-06-18T00:05:44.719000+00:00", "SnapshotCreateTime": "2020-06-25T20:34:30+00:00" }, { "CacheClusterId": "mycluster-0003-003", "NodeGroupId": "0003", "CacheNodeId": "0001", "CacheSize": "6 MB", "CacheNodeCreateTime": "2019-12-05T19:13:15.912000+00:00", "SnapshotCreateTime": "2020-06-25T20:34:30+00:00" }, { "CacheClusterId": "mycluster-0004-002", "NodeGroupId": "0004", "CacheNodeId": "0001", "CacheSize": "6 MB", "CacheNodeCreateTime": "2019-12-09T19:44:34.324000+00:00", "SnapshotCreateTime": "2020-06-25T20:34:30+00:00" }, { "CacheClusterId": "mycluster-0005-003", "NodeGroupId": "0005", "CacheNodeId": "0001", "CacheSize": "6 MB", "CacheNodeCreateTime": "2020-06-18T00:05:44.775000+00:00", "SnapshotCreateTime": "2020-06-25T20:34:30+00:00" } ] } } For more information, see `Backup and Restore for ElastiCache for Redis <https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonElastiCache/latest/red-ug/backups.html>`__ in the *Elasticache User Guide*.