# Disabling automatic snapshots
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Automatic snapshots are enabled by the default snapshot policy for volumes in your FSx for ONTAP file system. If you don't need snapshots of your data (for example, if you're using test data), you can disable snapshots by setting the volume's [snapshot policy](snapshots-ontap.md#snapshot-policies) to `none` using the AWS Management Console, AWS CLI and API, and the ONTAP CLI, as described in the following procedures.

## To disable automatic snapshots (AWS console)
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1. Open the Amazon FSx console at [https://console.aws.amazon.com/fsx/](https://console.aws.amazon.com/fsx/).

1. Navigate to **File systems** and choose the ONTAP file system that you want to update a volume for.

1. Choose the **Volumes** tab.

1. Choose the volume that you want to update.

1. For **Actions**, choose **Update volume**.

   The **Update volume** dialog box displays with the volume's current settings.

1. For **Snapshot policy**, choose **None**.

1. Choose **Update** to update the volume.

## To disable automatic snapshots (AWS CLI)
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+ Use the [update-volume](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/reference/fsx/update-volume.html) AWS CLI command (or the equivalent [UpdateVolume](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/fsx/latest/APIReference/API_UpdateVolume.html) API command), to set the `SnapshotPolicy` to `none`, as shown in the following example.

  ```
  aws fsx update-volume \
      --volume-id fsvol-1234567890abcdefa \
      --name new_vol \
      --ontap-configuration CopyTagsToBackups=true,JunctionPath=/new_vol, \
             SizeInMegabytes=2048,SnapshotPolicy=none, \
             StorageEfficiencyEnabled=true, \
             TieringPolicy=all
  ```

## To disable automatic snapshots (ONTAP CLI)
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Set the volume's snapshot policy to use the `none` default policy to turn off automatic snapshots.

1. Use the [https://docs.netapp.com/us-en/ontap-cli-9131/volume-snapshot-policy-show.html](https://docs.netapp.com/us-en/ontap-cli-9131/volume-snapshot-policy-show.html) ONTAP CLI command to show the `none` policy.

   ```
   ::> snapshot policy show -policy none
   
   Vserver: FsxIdabcdef01234567892
                            Number of Is
   Policy Name              Schedules Enabled Comment
   ------------------------ --------- ------- ----------------------------------
   none                             0 false   Policy for no automatic snapshots.
       Schedule               Count     Prefix                 SnapMirror Label
       ---------------------- -----     ---------------------- -------------------
       -                          -     -                      -
   ```

1. Use the [https://docs.netapp.com/us-en/ontap-cli-9131/volume-modify.html](https://docs.netapp.com/us-en/ontap-cli-9131/volume-modify.html) ONTAP ClI command to set the volume's snapshot policy to `none` to disable automatic snapshots. Replace the following placeholder values with your data:
   + *`svm_name`* — use your SVM's name.
   + *`vol_name`* — use your volume's name.

   When prompted to continue, enter **y**. 

   ```
   ::> volume modify -vserver svm_name -volume vol_name -snapshot-policy none
   
   Warning: You are changing the Snapshot policy on volume "vol_name" to "none". Snapshot copies on this volume
            that do not match any of the prefixes of the new Snapshot policy will not be deleted. However, when
            the new Snapshot policy takes effect, depending on the new retention count, any existing Snapshot copies
            that continue to use the same prefixes might be deleted. See the 'volume modify' man page for more information. 
   Do you want to continue? {y|n}: y
   Volume modify successful on volume vol_name of Vserver svm_name.
   ```