# Ansible module to delete root volume on termination

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-module-to-delete-root-volume-on-termination/24801>\
**Category:** Ansible Project\
**Created:** [June 22, 2017, 11:30am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-module-to-delete-root-volume-on-termination/24801 "2017-06-22T11:30:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![atangirala](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ce73a5/32.png) [@atangirala](https://forum.ansible.com/u/atangirala)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2017, 11:30am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-module-to-delete-root-volume-on-termination/24801/1 "2017-06-22T11:30:33Z")

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Hello,

I couldn’t delete EBS root volume using ansible “delete on termination” module. Once the instance get terminated, the attached root volume remains instead of getting deleted.