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I'm trying to keep my snapshot storage to a minimum.

I noticed when I create an AMI a snapshot also is created.

Can I safely delete the snapshot and still use the AMI ?

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I don't think you can.

When I went to delete the snapshot, I got the following message:

The snapshot snap-xxxx is currently in use by ami-xxxx
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  • An AMI is just a logical object; it doesn't contain the bytes from your snapshot, it only references it, so you're not paying to store the same data twice. – Michael - sqlbot Sep 26 '13 at 01:58