Remediation

Remove Unused AMIs

To clean up unused Amazon Machine Images (AMIs), deregister the image and delete any associated snapshots.

From Command Line

Run the following command to deregister an unused AMI and delete its associated snapshots:

aws ec2 deregister-image \
  --region {{us-east-1}} \
  --image-id {{image-id}} \
  --delete-associated-snapshots # If a snapshot is associated with multiple AMIs, it is not deleted, regardless of this setting.

Repeat this process for all unused AMIs identified in your AWS account.