**To delete an automatic snapshot** The following ``delete-auto-snapshot`` example deletes the automatic snapshot ``2019-10-10`` of instance ``WordPress-1``. :: aws lightsail delete-auto-snapshot \ --resource-name WordPress-1 \ --date 2019-10-10 Output:: { "operations": [ { "id": "31c36e09-3d52-46d5-b6d8-7EXAMPLE534a", "resourceName": "WordPress-1", "resourceType": "Instance", "createdAt": 1571088141.501, "location": { "availabilityZone": "us-west-2", "regionName": "us-west-2" }, "isTerminal": true, "operationDetails": "DeleteAutoSnapshot-2019-10-10", "operationType": "DeleteAutoSnapshot", "status": "Succeeded" } ] } For more information, see `Deleting automatic snapshots of instances or disks in Amazon Lightsail <https://lightsail.aws.amazon.com/ls/docs/en_us/articles/amazon-lightsail-deleting-automatic-snapshots>`__ in the *Lightsail Dev Guide*.