# View Amazon EBS snapshot information
View snapshot information

You can view detailed information about your snapshots.

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#### [ Console ]

**To view snapshot information**

1. Open the Amazon EC2 console at [https://console.aws.amazon.com/ec2/](https://console.aws.amazon.com/ec2/).

1. In the navigation pane, choose **Snapshots**.

1. To view only your snapshots that you own, in the top-left corner of the screen, choose **Owned by me**. You can also filter the list of snapshots using tags and other snapshot attributes. In the **Filter** field, select the attribute field, and then select or enter the attribute value. For example, to view only encrypted snapshots, select **Encryption**, and then enter `true`.

1. To view more information about a specific snapshot, choose its ID in the list.
**Note**  
The **Full snapshot size** field shows the full size of the snapshot, in bytes. This is **not** the incremental size of the snapshot. Instead, it represents the size of all the blocks that were written to the source volume at the time the snapshot was created.  
The **Volume size** field shows the size of the EBS volume that will created from the snapshot if no other size is specified.

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#### [ AWS CLI ]

**To view snapshot information**  
Use the [describe-snapshots](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/reference/ec2/describe-snapshots.html) command.

**Example 1: Filter based on tags**  
The following example describes the snapshots with the tag Stack=production.  

```
aws ec2 describe-snapshots --filters Name=tag:Stack,Values=production
```

**Example 2: Filter based on volume**  
The following example describes the snapshots created from the specified volume.  

```
aws ec2 describe-snapshots --filters Name=volume-id,Values=vol-049df61146c4d7901
```

**Example 3: Filter based on snapshot age**  
You can use JMESPath to filter results using expressions. For example, the following command displays the IDs of all snapshots created by your account before the specified date. If you do not specify the owner, the results include all public snapshots.  

```
aws ec2 describe-snapshots \
    --filters Name=owner-id,Values=123456789012 \
    --query "Snapshots[?(StartTime<='2024-03-31')].[SnapshotId]" \
    --output text
```
The following command displays the IDs of all snapshots created in the specified date range.  

```
aws ec2 describe-snapshots \
    --filters Name=owner-id,Values=123456789012 \
    --query "Snapshots[?(StartTime>='2024-01-01') && (StartTime<='2024-12-31')].[SnapshotId]" \
    --output text
```

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#### [ PowerShell ]

**To view snapshot information**  
Use the [Get-EC2Snapshot](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/powershell/latest/reference/items/Get-EC2Snapshot.html) cmdlet.

**Example 1: Describe a snapshot**  
The following example describes the specified snapshot.

```
Get-EC2Snapshot -SnapshotId snap-0abcdef1234567890
```

**Example 2: Filter based on volume**  
The following example describes the snapshots created from the specified volume.

```
Get-EC2Snapshot`
    -Filter @{Name="volume-id"; Values="vol-01234567890abcdef"}
```

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## Snapshot states


An Amazon EBS snapshot transitions through different states from the moment it is created until it is permanently deleted.

The following illustration shows the transitions between snapshot states. When you create a snapshot, it enters the `pending` state. After the snapshot is ready for use, it enters the `completed` state. When you've decided that you no longer need a snapshot, you can delete it. If you delete a snapshot that matches a Recycle Bin retention rule, it is retained in the Recycle Bin and it enters the `recoverable` state. If you recover a snapshot from the Recycle Bin, it enters the `recovering` state and then the `completed` state. Otherwise, it is permanently deleted.

![\[Snapshot with allocated blocks\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/ebs/latest/userguide/images/snapshot-statuses.png)


The following table summarizes the snapshot states.


| Status | Description | 
| --- | --- | 
| pending |  The snapshot creation process is still in progress. A snapshot can't be used while it is in the `pending` state.  | 
| completed | The snapshot creation process has completed and the snapshot is ready for use. | 
| recoverable | The snapshot is currently in the Recycle Bin. To use the snapshot, you must first recover it from the Recycle Bin. | 
| recovering | The snapshot is being recovered from the Recycle Bin. After the snapshot has been recovered, it transitions to the completed state and becomes ready for use. | 
| error | The snapshot creation process has failed. A snapshot can't be used if it is in the error state. |