Delete logs

Last update: April 15 2026

You can delete log entries. To do this, delete a log group or selected log streams:

You can delete the logs:

• through the control panel;
• using the AWS CLI;
• or SDK client.

If the logged resource continues to work and creates new logs, deleted Streams and Groups will be restored automatically. Deleted events will not be restored.

Delete a group of logs

carefully

Deleting a log group will delete all streams and events in that group. :::

Control panel

1. In the dashboard, on the top menu, click Products and select Logs.

2. Go to the Logs section.

3. From the menu of the log group, select Delete Log Group.

4. Enter the name of the log group to confirm the deletion.

5. Click Delete.

SDK client

Python

1. Create or open a client script file.

2. Add code to the script to delete a group of logs:

   response = client.delete_log_group(
               logGroupName=<log_group_name>
           )

   Specify <log_group_name> - the name of the log group you want to delete. The list of log groups can be viewed in the control panel.

3. Run the script.

Go

1. Create or open a client script file.

2. Add code to the script to delete a group of logs:

   resp, err := client.DeleteLogGroup(context.TODO(), &cloudwatchlogs.DeleteLogGroupInput{
       LogGroupName: aws.String("<log_group_name>"),
   })

   Specify <log_group_name> - the name of the log group to be deleted. The list of log groups can be viewed in the control panel.

3. Run the script.

AWS CLI

1. Open the CLI.

2. To delete a log group, run the command:

   aws logs delete-log-group- -log-group-name <log_group_name> 

   Specify <log_group_name> - the name of the log group, for example s/lbaas/Bellatrix-lb. The list of log groups can be viewed using the aws logs describe-log-groups command or in the control panel.

Delete Streaming Logs

warning

Deleting a log stream will delete the events that are part of that stream.

Control panel

1. In the dashboard, on the top menu, click Products and select Logs.

2. Go to the Logs section.

3. From the menu of the log group, select Delete Selected Log Streams.

4. Select log streams.

5. Enter the name of the log group to confirm the deletion.

6. Click Delete.

SDK client

Python

1. Create or open a client script file.

2. Add code to the script to remove stream logs:

   response = client.delete_log_stream(
               logGroupName=<log_group_name>,
               logStreamName=<log_stream_name>
           )

   Specify:

   • <log_group_name> - name of the log group that contains the event stream. The list of log groups can be viewed in the control panel;
   • <log_stream_name> - name of the event stream to be deleted. The list of event streams can be viewed in the control panel.

3. Run the script.

Go

1. Create or open a client script file.

2. Add code to the script to remove stream logs:

   resp, err := client.DeleteLogStream(context.TODO(), &cloudwatchlogs.DeleteLogStreamInput{
       LogGroupName:  aws.String("<log_group_name>"),
       LogStreamName: aws.String("<log_stream_name>"),
   })

   Specify:

   • <log_group_name> - name of the log group that contains the event stream. The list of log groups can be viewed in the control panel;
   • <log_stream_name> - name of the event stream to be deleted. The list of event streams can be viewed in the control panel.

3. Run the script.

AWS CLI

1. Open the CLI.

2. To delete an event stream, run the command:

   aws logs delete-log-stream --log-group-name <log_group_name> --log-stream-name <log_stream_name>

   Specify:

   • <log_group_name> - log group name, e.g. s/lbaas/Bellatrix-lb.. The list of log groups can be viewed with the command aws logs describe-log-groups or in control panel;
   • <log_stream_name> - event stream name, e.g. http-b964dde5-7080-4169-8f9e-127bd59c89ca. You can view the list of event streams using the command aws logs describe-log-streams --log-group-name <log_group_name> or in control panel.