Delete SSM parameters by path prefix

delete-ssm-by-path.sh

aws ssm get-parameters-by-path --path '/path/to/prams' --recursive \
  | jq .Parameters[].Name \
  | xargs -L1 -I'{}' aws ssm delete-parameter --name {}

aws ssm get-parameters-by-path --path '/path/to/prams' --recursive \ | jq '.Parameters[].Name' \ | xargs -L1 -I'{}' aws ssm delete-parameter --name {}
(with '' on the jq command) worked for me

This doesn't require jq to be installed, also adding -t helps to see what are you actually deleting

aws ssm get-parameters-by-path --path '/path/to/prams' --recursive --query 'Parameters[].Name' \
xargs -t -L1 -I'{}' aws ssm delete-parameter --name {}

Tip

Better to use a role or user with restricted by-path permissions to avoid removing undesired keys

aws ssm get-parameters-by-path --path '/path/to/prams' --recursive --query 'Parameters[].Name' --output text | tr '\t' '\n' | xargs -t -I'{}' aws ssm delete-parameter --name {}

#!/bin/bash
AWS_REGION=""
PATH=""
PARAMETERS_FOR_REMOVE=$(aws ssm get-parameters-by-path --region $AWS_REGION --path "$PATH" --recursive --output text --query "Parameters[].Name")
echo $PARAMETERS_FOR_REMOVE
for PARAMETER in ${PARAMETERS_FOR_REMOVE[]}; do
echo $PARAMETER
echo $PARAMETER >> $PATH.txt
aws ssm delete-parameter --region $AWS_REGION --name $PARAMETER
done