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# Disassociate a snapshot policy and storage group from each other

The Snapshot policy feature provides snapshot orchestration at scale (1,024 snaps per storage group). The feature simplifies snapshot management for snapshots.

## Prerequisites

See Roles and associated permissions to determine the user roles that can perform this task.

## About this task

See Understanding Snapshot policy for an overview of the snapshot policy functionality.

This operation is also available from the Snapshot Policy Storage Group list view and the Data Protection tab > Snapshot Policies tab after clicking View All Details for a selected storage group that is associated with snapshot policies.

This operation can be invoked from multiple locations in the Unisphere user interface. Depending on where the operation is invoked, some of the steps below may not apply.

## Steps

1. Select a storage system that supports snapshot policies.
2. Select Data Protection > Snapshot Policies.
3. Select a snapshot policy, click , and click Remove Storage Group.
4. Select one or more storage groups and click Remove.
5. Click OK to confirm.