Hi is there any way of getting custom metrics defined on cloudwatch log group be deleted along with its namespace. This is quite weird that we can create a custom metric/namespace using API/Console but cannot delete it either using API or Console from cloudwatch custom metrics/namespaces.
Delete custom metric and custom namespaces from cloudwatch
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That's correct. You can't delete them. You have to wait till the associated metrics expire. From docs:
Metrics cannot be deleted, but they automatically expire after 15 months if no new data is published to them.
It could be worth nothing, that you are not charged for them. You are only charged when you put new data into them.
This is ongoing issue for years now, starting from 2011:
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