How to cancel your Amazon Web Services (AWS) Account

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I’ve come across a heap of Google results about closing an Amazon AWS account or closing an EC2 instance, so, I thought I’d make it easy and provide a quick link that’ll allow you to do so:

https://portal.aws.amazon.com/gp/aws/manageYourAccount?#productToCancel

Assuming you’ve already logged in, head over to ‘Cancel Selected Services’ and select what you’d like to cancel.
Once selected, just click ‘Cancel Service’.

Easy, right?

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  • Tun

    I’ve tried to cancel my AWS Amazon account TWICE. They won’t do it but keep charging on it although I’ve even emptied the content. I used it as a trial for a few weeks and cancelled it.
    Are we dealing with another AOL where you can’t actually cancel your account no matter how much you try?

    • http://drewsymo.com Drew

      Hi Tun,

      You’ll need to remove any EC2 instances and associated elastic IP’s – once removed, you will stop being billed as AWS is a pay-for-what-you-need solution.

      I’d suggest contacting Amazon directly (don’t worry, their support is responsive and you can request a call to your mobile) if this doesn’t fix the issue.

      Thanks!