diff --git a/dashboard/src/app/navbar/recent-workspaces/recent-workspaces.controller.ts b/dashboard/src/app/navbar/recent-workspaces/recent-workspaces.controller.ts
index 1d31550e0b..751c9e92ca 100644
--- a/dashboard/src/app/navbar/recent-workspaces/recent-workspaces.controller.ts
+++ b/dashboard/src/app/navbar/recent-workspaces/recent-workspaces.controller.ts
@@ -40,12 +40,6 @@ export class NavbarRecentWorkspacesController {
         icon: 'fa fa-stop',
         _onclick: (workspaceId) => { this.stopRecentWorkspace(workspaceId) }
       },
-      {
-        name: 'Snapshot',
-        scope: 'RUNNING',
-        icon: 'fa fa-clock-o',
-        _onclick: (workspaceId) => { this.createSnapshotRecentWorkspace(workspaceId) }
-      },
       // stopped
       {
         name: 'Run',
@@ -185,16 +179,6 @@ export class NavbarRecentWorkspacesController {
     });
   }
 
-  /**
-   * Creates snapshot of specified workspace
-   * @param workspaceId {String} workspace id
-   */
-  createSnapshotRecentWorkspace(workspaceId) {
-    this.cheWorkspace.createSnapshot(workspaceId).then(() => {}, (error) => {
-      this.$log.error(error);
-    });
-  }
-
   /**
    * Emit event to move workspace immediately
    * to top of the recent workspaces list
diff --git a/dashboard/src/app/workspaces/workspace-details/workspace-details.controller.ts b/dashboard/src/app/workspaces/workspace-details/workspace-details.controller.ts
index 18aab4950e..070226af60 100644
--- a/dashboard/src/app/workspaces/workspace-details/workspace-details.controller.ts
+++ b/dashboard/src/app/workspaces/workspace-details/workspace-details.controller.ts
@@ -484,16 +484,6 @@ export class WorkspaceDetailsController {
     });
   }
 
-  /**
-   * Creates snapshot of workspace
-   */
-  createSnapshotWorkspace(): void {
-    this.cheWorkspace.createSnapshot(this.workspaceId).then(() => {}, (error: any) => {
-      this.cheNotification.showError(error.data.message !== null ? error.data.message : 'Creating snapshot failed.');
-      this.$log.error(error);
-    });
-  }
-
   /**
    * Register forms
    *
diff --git a/dashboard/src/app/workspaces/workspace-details/workspace-details.html b/dashboard/src/app/workspaces/workspace-details/workspace-details.html
index 4bddddb3da..d7da9e8eea 100644
--- a/dashboard/src/app/workspaces/workspace-details/workspace-details.html
+++ b/dashboard/src/app/workspaces/workspace-details/workspace-details.html
@@ -81,11 +81,6 @@
                                       che-button-title="Stop" name="stopButton"
                                       ng-click="workspaceDetailsController.stopWorkspace()"></che-button-default>
                 </div>
-                <div>
-                  <che-button-primary-flat ng-disabled="(workspaceDetailsController.getWorkspaceStatus() !== 'RUNNING')"
-                                           che-button-title="Snapshot" name="snapshotButton"
-                                           ng-click="workspaceDetailsController.createSnapshotWorkspace()"></che-button-primary-flat>
-                </div>
               </div>
             </div>
           </che-label-container>
diff --git a/dashboard/src/components/api/che-workspace.factory.ts b/dashboard/src/components/api/che-workspace.factory.ts
index 45ed2da285..4fff941d8b 100644
--- a/dashboard/src/components/api/che-workspace.factory.ts
+++ b/dashboard/src/components/api/che-workspace.factory.ts
@@ -61,8 +61,7 @@ export class CheWorkspace {
         deleteProject: {method: 'DELETE', url : '/api/workspace/:workspaceId/project/:path'},
         stopWorkspace: {method: 'DELETE', url : '/api/workspace/:workspaceId/runtime'},
         startWorkspace: {method: 'POST', url : '/api/workspace/:workspaceId/runtime?environment=:envName'},
-        addCommand: {method: 'POST', url: '/api/workspace/:workspaceId/command'},
-        createSnapshot: {method: 'POST', url: '/api/workspace/:workspaceId/snapshot'}
+        addCommand: {method: 'POST', url: '/api/workspace/:workspaceId/command'}
       }
     );
 
@@ -496,14 +495,4 @@ export class CheWorkspace {
       });
     }
   }
-
-  /**
-   * Create snapshot of workspace
-   * @param workspaceId {String} workspace id
-   * @returns {*}
-   */
-  createSnapshot(workspaceId) {
-    return this.remoteWorkspaceAPI.createSnapshot({workspaceId : workspaceId}, {}).$promise;
-  }
-
 }