# Deleting an Amazon FSx for OpenZFS volume
Deleting a volume

This section provides information on how to delete an FSx for OpenZFS volume using the Amazon FSx console, the AWS CLI, and the Amazon FSx API.

When you delete a volume, the operation has the following results:
+ Deletes all data in the volume
+ Deletes all snapshots
+ Deletes all child volumes and their snapshots

**Note**  
You cannot delete a root volume. You also cannot delete any volumes from a client mount (for example, with a `rm -r /fsx/vol1` command).

Before you delete a volume, make sure you have confirmed the following:
+ Make sure that no applications are accessing the data in the volume that you want to delete.
+ Make sure there are no Amazon S3 access points attached to the volume. For information on how to list S3 access points attached to FSx for OpenZFS volumes, see [Listing S3 access point attachments](access-points-list.md). For information on how to delete S3 access points, see [Deleting an S3 access point attachment](delete-access-point.md). 

## To delete a volume (console)


1. Open the Amazon FSx console at [https://console.aws.amazon.com/fsx/](https://console.aws.amazon.com/fsx/).

1. In the left navigation pane, choose **File systems**, and then choose the FSx for OpenZFS file system that you want to delete a volume from.

1. Choose the **Volumes** tab.

1. Choose the volume that you want to delete.

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

1. In the delete dialog, do the following:

   1. Acknowledge that you understand the results of deleting the volume.

   1. Confirm the volume deletion by entering **delete** in the **Confirm delete** field.

1. Choose **Delete volume(s)**.

## To delete a volume (CLI)

+ To delete an FSx for OpenZFS volume, use the [delete-volume](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/reference/fsx/delete-volume.html) CLI command (or the equivalent [DeleteVolume](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/fsx/latest/APIReference/API_DeleteVolume.html) API operation), as shown in the following example.

  ```
  aws fsx delete-volume --volume-id fsxvol-0123456789abcdef1
  ```