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Remediation

Remove Unused Amazon DynamoDB Tables​

To remove unused Amazon DynamoDB tables from your AWS cloud account, perform the following steps.

From Console​

  1. Sign in to the AWS Management Console.

  2. Navigate to the Amazon DynamoDB console.

  3. In the left navigation pane, under Dashboard, choose Tables.

  4. Select the DynamoDB table you want to remove and choose Delete from the top menu.

  5. In the Delete table confirmation dialog, perform the following actions:

    • (Optional) Choose whether to delete any Amazon CloudWatch alarms associated with the table.
    • Enter confirm in the confirmation field.
    • Choose Delete to remove the selected table.

  6. Repeat Steps 4 and 5 for each unused DynamoDB table in the current AWS Region.

  7. If applicable, switch AWS Regions and repeat the remediation process.

From Command Line​

Use the delete-table command (OSX/Linux/UNIX) to remove an unused Amazon DynamoDB table. After the request is submitted, the table transitions to the DELETING state until the removal process is complete.

aws dynamodb delete-table \
    --region us-east-1 \
    --table-name cc-product-reviews