RDS for PostgreSQL supports deleting replication slots for instances in the console. this topic describes the procedure for deleting replication slots in the console.

Precautions

Deleting physical replication slots in the ACTIVE state is not supported at this time.

Deleting replication slots in the ACTIVE state may cause abnormal downstream consumption. Operate with caution.

Prerequisites

Instances have been created and the instance is in Running state, for more details please see Creating an instance.

The instance contains logical replication slots or physical replication slots in the Inactive state.

Procedure

In the upper-left corner of the top menu bar, select the project and region for the instance.

tip

If the project of the instance has not been set, the project should be selected as All resources.

Click on Instances in the left navigation bar.

On the Instances page, click on the target instance name.

At the top of the page, click Backups.

On the ackupsB tab, click the WAL management subtab to access the replication slot list.

In the replication slot list, click Delete in the Actions column of the target slot.

In the pop-up Are you sure to delete the selected slot? dialog, confirm the replication slot information is correct, then click Delete.

Related APIs

API	Description
DeleteSlot	Call DeleteSlot API to delete the replication slot.

Last updated: 2025.11.17 16:15:07

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