cloudwatch:DeleteAlarms

Write

cloudwatch:DeleteAlarms is a Write access-level action in the cloudwatch service. Grants permission to delete a collection of alarms

Resource types

ARNs that cloudwatch:DeleteAlarms can be scoped to in an IAM policy.

arn:${Partition}:cloudwatch:${Region}:${Account}:alarm:${AlarmName}
alarm

Condition keys

Keys you can use in the Condition block of a policy that grants cloudwatch:DeleteAlarms.

aws:ResourceTag/${TagKey} String

Filters access by tags associated with the resource

Dependent actions

To use cloudwatch:DeleteAlarms you may also need to grant:

Example IAM policy

A minimal policy that allows cloudwatch:DeleteAlarms. Replace "Resource": "*" with a specific ARN to follow least privilege.

{
  "Version": "2012-10-17",
  "Statement": [
    {
      "Sid": "AllowCloudwatchDeleteAlarms",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": "cloudwatch:DeleteAlarms",
      "Resource": "*"
    }
  ]
}

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