Deleting LF-Tags - AWS Lake Formation
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Deleting LF-Tags

You can delete LF-Tags that are no longer in use. No check is performed for the presence of the LF-Tag on a Data Catalog resource. If the deleted LF-Tag is associated with a resource, it is no longer visible for the resource, and any principals that were granted permissions on that LF-Tag no longer have the permissions.

Before deleting a LF-Tag, you can optionally use the remove-lf-tags-from-resource command to remove the LF-Tag from all resources.

Only data lake administrators, the LF-Tag creator, or a principal that has Drop permission on the LF-Tag can delete a LF-Tag. In addition to the Drop permission, the principal also need lakeformation:DeleteLFTag IAM permission to delete a LF-Tag.

You can delete a LF-Tag by using the AWS Lake Formation console, the API, or the AWS Command Line Interface (AWS CLI).

Console
To delete a LF-Tag (console)

  1. Open the Lake Formation console at https://eusc-de-east-1.console.amazonaws-eusc.eu/lakeformation/.

    Sign in as a data lake administrator.

  2. In the navigation pane, under Permissions, LF-Tags and permissions, choose LF-Tags.

  3. On the LF-Tags page, select a LF-Tag, and then choose Delete.

  4. In the Delete tag environment? dialog box, to confirm the deletion, enter the LF-Tag key value in the designated field and then choose Delete.

AWS CLI
To delete a LF-Tag (AWS CLI)

  • Enter a delete-lf-tag command. Provide the key of the LF-Tag to delete.

    Example

    The following example deletes the LF-Tag with the key region.

    aws lakeformation delete-lf-tag --tag-key region