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Deletes the specified EBS volume

Description

Deletes the specified EBS volume. The volume must be in the available state (not attached to an instance).

The volume can remain in the deleting state for several minutes.

For more information, see Delete an Amazon EBS volume in the Amazon EBS User Guide.

Usage

ec2_delete_volume(VolumeId, DryRun)

Arguments

  • VolumeId

    [required] The ID of the volume.

  • DryRun

    Checks whether you have the required permissions for the action, without actually making the request, and provides an error response. If you have the required permissions, the error response is DryRunOperation. Otherwise, it is UnauthorizedOperation.

Value

An empty list.

Request syntax

svc$delete_volume(
  VolumeId = "string",
  DryRun = TRUE|FALSE
)

Examples

# This example deletes an available volume with the volume ID of
# `vol-049df61146c4d7901`. If the command succeeds, no output is
# returned.
svc$delete_volume(
  VolumeId = "vol-049df61146c4d7901"
)