name : delete-secret.rst **Example 1: To delete a secret** The following ``delete-secret`` example deletes a secret. You can recover the secret with ``restore-secret`` until the date and time in the ``DeletionDate`` response field. To delete a secret that is replicated to other regions, first remove its replicas with ``remove-regions-from-replication``, and then call ``delete-secret``. :: aws secretsmanager delete-secret \ --secret-id MyTestSecret \ --recovery-window-in-days 7 Output:: { "ARN": "arn:aws:secretsmanager:us-west-2:123456789012:secret:MyTestSecret-a1b2c3", "Name": "MyTestSecret", "DeletionDate": 1524085349.095 } For more information, see `Delete a secret <https://docs.aws.amazon.com/secretsmanager/latest/userguide/manage_delete-secret.html>`__ in the *Secrets Manager User Guide*. **Example 2: To delete a secret immediately** The following ``delete-secret`` example deletes a secret immediately without a recovery window. You can't recover this secret. :: aws secretsmanager delete-secret \ --secret-id MyTestSecret \ --force-delete-without-recovery Output:: { "ARN": "arn:aws:secretsmanager:us-west-2:123456789012:secret:MyTestSecret-a1b2c3", "Name": "MyTestSecret", "DeletionDate": 1508750180.309 } For more information, see `Delete a secret <https://docs.aws.amazon.com/secretsmanager/latest/userguide/manage_delete-secret.html>`__ in the *Secrets Manager User Guide*.