**To delete a DB instance**
The following ``delete-db-instance`` example deletes the specified DB instance after creating a final DB snapshot named ``test-instance-final-snap``. ::
aws rds delete-db-instance \
--db-instance-identifier test-instance \
--final-db-snapshot-identifier test-instance-final-snap
Output::
{
"DBInstance": {
"DBInstanceIdentifier": "test-instance",
"DBInstanceStatus": "deleting",
...some output truncated...
}
}