Amazon Redshift User Manual

Deleting a Cluster
When you delete a cluster, you can optionally create a final cluster manual snapshot. If you plan to
provision a new cluster with the same data and configuration as the one you are deleting, you will need
this snapshot. Furthermore, when you delete a cluster, automated snapshots of the cluster are removed.
For more information about cluster snapshots, see Amazon Redshift Snapshots (p. 52).
To delete a cluster
1. Sign into the AWS Management Console and open the Amazon Redshift console at
https://console.aws.amazon.com/redshift.
2. In the navigation pane, click Clusters.
3. Under Performance Status, click the magnifying glass icon beside the cluster that you want to
delete.
In the example below, examplecluster is the cluster we want to delete.
4. On the cluster summary page, click Delete.
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Amazon Redshift Management Guide
Deleting a Cluster

Amazon Redshift Specifications

General

Provider	Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Query Language	SQL
Data Storage	Columnar storage
Security	Encryption at rest and in transit, VPC, IAM
Backup	Automated and manual snapshots
Deployment	Cloud-based
Type	Cloud-based data warehouse service
Primary Use	Data warehousing, analytics
Integration	Integrates with AWS services, BI tools, and ETL tools
Pricing Model	On-demand and reserved instance pricing
Data Compression	Columnar storage with data compression
Performance Optimization	Query optimization