| title | Delete snapshots using Azure NetApp Files |
|---|---|
| description | Describes how to delete snapshots by using Azure NetApp Files. |
| services | azure-netapp-files |
| author | b-hchen |
| ms.service | azure-netapp-files |
| ms.topic | how-to |
| ms.date | 07/30/2025 |
| ms.author | anfdocs |
You can delete snapshots that you no longer need.
Important
You can't undo the snapshot deletion. You can't recover a deleted snapshot.
- You can't delete a snapshot if it's part of an active file-restore operation or if it's in the process of being cloned.
- You can't delete a replication generated snapshot that is used for volume baseline data replication.
- You can't delete a snapshot in a data protection volume that is in an active replication relationship.
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Go to the Snapshots menu of a volume. Select the three dots
...at the end of the row of the snapshot want to delete. In the action menu, select Delete. -
In the Delete snapshots window, confirm that you want to delete the snapshot by selecting Yes.
