**To delete a DB snapshot** The following ``delete-db-snapshot`` example deletes the specified DB snapshot. :: aws rds delete-db-snapshot \ --db-snapshot-identifier mydbsnapshot Output:: { "DBSnapshot": { "DBSnapshotIdentifier": "mydbsnapshot", "DBInstanceIdentifier": "database-mysql", "SnapshotCreateTime": "2019-06-18T22:08:40.702Z", "Engine": "mysql", "AllocatedStorage": 100, "Status": "deleted", "Port": 3306, "AvailabilityZone": "us-east-1b", "VpcId": "vpc-6594f31c", "InstanceCreateTime": "2019-04-30T15:45:53.663Z", "MasterUsername": "admin", "EngineVersion": "5.6.40", "LicenseModel": "general-public-license", "SnapshotType": "manual", "Iops": 1000, "OptionGroupName": "default:mysql-5-6", "PercentProgress": 100, "StorageType": "io1", "Encrypted": true, "KmsKeyId": "arn:aws:kms:us-east-1:123456789012:key/AKIAIOSFODNN7EXAMPLE", "DBSnapshotArn": "arn:aws:rds:us-east-1:123456789012:snapshot:mydbsnapshot", "IAMDatabaseAuthenticationEnabled": false, "ProcessorFeatures": [], "DbiResourceId": "db-AKIAIOSFODNN7EXAMPLE" } } For more information, see `Deleting a Snapshot <https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/UserGuide/USER_DeleteSnapshot.html>`__ in the *Amazon RDS User Guide*.