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DeletionPolicy Attribute In AWS CloudFormation

This article describes the DeletionPolicy attribute in CloudFormation.

Purpose

The DeletionPolicy controls what happens to a resource when its CloudFormation stack is deleted.

Deletepolicy Options

Retain

This option keeps the resource intact when the stack is deleted.

Resources:
  MyS3Bucket:
    Type: AWS::S3::Bucket
    Properties: {}
    DeletionPolicy: Retain

Snapshot

This option creates a snapshot of the resource before it is deleted.

Delete

This is the default behavior. The resource is deleted along with the stack.

Posted By -	Karan Gupta

Posted On -	Tuesday, February 25, 2025

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