# DeleteSnapshots

## 1. API Description

This API (DeleteSnapshots) is used to delete the specified snapshots.

{% hint style="info" %} <mark style="color:blue;">**Note**</mark>

* <mark style="color:blue;">The snapshot must be in the</mark> <mark style="color:blue;">`NORMAL`</mark> <mark style="color:blue;">state. You can use</mark> [<mark style="color:purple;">`DescribeSnapshots`</mark>](https://docs.console.zenlayer.com/api-reference/compute/zec/disk-snapshot/describesnapshots) <mark style="color:blue;">to query the state of the snapshot. See the description of the</mark> <mark style="color:blue;">`SnapshotState`</mark> <mark style="color:blue;">field in the output parameters.</mark>
* <mark style="color:blue;">If some of the snapshots cannot be deleted, the API will return a list of snapshot IDs that failed to be deleted. The rest of the snapshots are executed normally.</mark>
* <mark style="color:blue;">Batch operations are supported. The maximum number of snapshots in each request is 100.</mark>
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## 2. Input Parameters

The following request parameter list only provides API request parameters.

| Parameter Name | Required | Type            | Description           |
| -------------- | -------- | --------------- | --------------------- |
| snapshotIds    | Yes      | Array of String | List of snapshot IDs. |

## 3. Output Parameters

| Parameter Name | Type            | Description                                                                                                           |
| -------------- | --------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| requestId      | String          | <p>The unique request ID, which is returned for each request.</p><p>RequestId is required for locating a problem.</p> |
| snapshotIds    | Array of String | The IDs of the snapshots that failed to be deleted.                                                                   |

## 4. Code Example

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**Delete snapshots.**

```json
POST /api/v2/zec HTTP/1.1
Host: console.zenlayer.com
Content-Type: application/json
X-ZC-Action: DeleteSnapshots
<Common Request Params>

Request：
{
    "snapshotIds": ["snapshotId1","snapshotId2"]
}

Response：
{
  "requestId": "T05992D0C-7E8B-4047-B0C0-780F2CD549D3",
  "response": {
    "requestId": "T05992D0C-7E8B-4047-B0C0-780F2CD549D3",
    "snapshotIds": ["snapshotId1","snapshotId2"]
  }
}
```

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## 5. Developer Resources

Zenlayer Cloud API 2.0 integrates [SDKs](https://docs.console.zenlayer.com/api-reference/api-introduction/toolkit/api-sdk)，to make it easier for you to call APIs. More programming languages will be supported.

## 6. Error Codes

The following only lists the error codes related to the API business logic. For other error codes, see [Common Error Codes](https://docs.console.zenlayer.com/api-reference/api-introduction/instruction/commonerrorcode).

| HTTP Status Code | Error Code                                | Description                                                |
| ---------------- | ----------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------- |
| 404              | INVALID\_DISK\_SNAPSHOT\_NOT\_FOUND       | Snapshot does not exist.                                   |
| 400              | OPERATION\_DENIED\_DISK\_SNAPSHOT\_STATUS | The operation is not supported for current snapshot state. |