**To delete an event subscription**

This example deletes an existing event subscription.

    aws rds delete-event-subscription --subscription-name my-instance-events

Output::

{
    "EventSubscription": {
        "EventSubscriptionArn": "arn:aws:rds:us-east-1:123456789012:es:my-instance-events",
        "CustomerAwsId": "123456789012",
        "Enabled": false,
        "SourceIdsList": [
            "test-instance"
        ],
        "SourceType": "db-instance",
        "EventCategoriesList": [
            "backup",
            "recovery"
        ],
        "SubscriptionCreationTime": "2018-07-31 23:22:01.893",
        "CustSubscriptionId": "my-instance-events",
        "SnsTopicArn": "arn:aws:sns:us-east-1:123456789012:interesting-events",
        "Status": "deleting"
    }
}
