# How to Delete a Network File Storage Snapshot

Network File Storage is a fully managed, POSIX-compliant file storage solution built for demanding workloads like AI/ML pipelines, containerized applications, and DigitalOcean Kubernetes (DOKS) clusters. It provides scalable, high-throughput shared storage that simplifies storage management for distributed applications.

Deleting a snapshot permanently removes it. You cannot recover a deleted snapshot.

## Delete a Snapshot Using the Control Panel

To delete a snapshot from the [Control Panel](https://cloud.digitalocean.com), click **Network File Storage** in the main menu, then click the **Snapshots** tab.

Click the share name to show the snapshot list for that share. Click the **…** “more” menu next to the snapshot you want to delete, then click **Delete Snapshot**.

In the confirmation window, enter the snapshot name to confirm, then click **Delete**.

## Delete a Snapshot Using the CLI

## How to Delete a Network File Storage Snapshot Using the DigitalOcean CLI

1. [Install `doctl`](https://docs.digitalocean.com/reference/doctl/how-to/install/index.html.md), the official DigitalOcean CLI.
2. [Create a personal access token](https://docs.digitalocean.com/reference/api/create-personal-access-token/index.html.md) and save it for use with `doctl`.
3. Use the token to grant `doctl` access to your DigitalOcean account.

   ```shell
   doctl auth init
   ```
4. Finally, run `doctl nfs snapshot delete`. Basic usage looks like this, but you can [read the usage docs](https://docs.digitalocean.com/reference/doctl/reference/nfs/snapshot/delete/index.html.md) for more details:

   ```shell
   doctl nfs snapshot delete [flags]
   ```

   ```shell
   doctl nfs snapshot delete  --region 'atl1' --id b050990d-4337-4a9d-9c8d-9f759a83936a
   ```

## Delete a Snapshot Using the API

To delete a snapshot via the API, send a `DELETE` request to the NFS snapshot endpoint:

```shell
curl -X DELETE \
    -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer $DIGITALOCEAN_TOKEN" \
    "https://api.digitalocean.com/v2/nfs/snapshots/<snapshot_id>?region=<your_region>"
```

Replace `<snapshot_id>` with the ID of the snapshot you want to delete. Replace `<your_region>` with the region where the share is located.

## How to Delete a Network File Storage Snapshot Using the DigitalOcean API

1. [Create a personal access token](https://docs.digitalocean.com/reference/api/create-personal-access-token/index.html.md) and save it for use with the API.
2. Send a DELETE request to [`https://api.digitalocean.com/v2/nfs/snapshots/{nfs_snapshot_id}`](https://docs.digitalocean.com/reference/api/digitalocean//index.html.md#operation/nfs_delete_snapshot).

### cURL

Using cURL:

```shell
curl -X DELETE \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $DIGITALOCEAN_TOKEN" \
  "https://api.digitalocean.com/v2/nfs/snapshots/{snapshot_id}?region=atl1"
```