---
title: "Delete a VM snapshot"
description: "Delete a snapshot of a TIR Virtual Machine for good to stop its storage charge, including one whose VM has already been deleted."
content_type: "how-to"
product: "tir-snapshots"
platform: "TIR"
url: "/tir/tir-snapshots/how-to/delete-a-vm-snapshot/"
topic: ["lifecycle"]
relationships: {"requires":["/tir/tir-snapshots/how-to/create-a-vm-snapshot/"]}
---

# Delete a VM snapshot

Delete a snapshot of a TIR Virtual Machine once you have finished with it, whether its VM still
exists or has been deleted. A snapshot's storage is billed for as long as the snapshot exists, so deleting old ones stops
their charge. Snapshots stay when their VM is deleted, so you delete those here too.

## Before you begin

You need delete permission in the project. See [TIR Access Control](/tir/tir-iam/).

## Delete the snapshot

Deleting a snapshot is permanent. Once it is gone, you can no longer restore a VM from it or create
one from it, so check the name before you confirm.

1. Find the snapshot. In the side menu, under **Storage**, select **Snapshots** to see every snapshot
   in the project, including those of deleted VMs. For a VM that still exists, you can open the VM
   and select its **Snapshots** tab instead.
2. In the **Actions** menu of the snapshot, select **Delete Snapshot**.
3. Select **Delete**.

The snapshot leaves the list. If the delete fails, TIR gives the reason. See
[Troubleshooting TIR Snapshots](/tir/tir-snapshots/troubleshooting/tir-snapshots/).

A snapshot shares data with the VM's live disk, so deleting it may free less space than its **Full
Snapshot Size**.

A schedule removes its own oldest snapshots once it has more than the number to keep, so you can
leave the cleanup of scheduled snapshots to it. See [Schedule VM
snapshots](/tir/tir-snapshots/how-to/schedule-vm-snapshots/). To take a fresh snapshot, see [Create a
VM snapshot](/tir/tir-snapshots/how-to/create-a-vm-snapshot/).