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Terminate Your Instance
If the instance you launched was not in the free usage tier, as soon as your instance starts to boot, you're billed for each hour or partial hour that you keep the instance running (even if the instance is idle). When you've decided that you no longer need the instance, you can terminate it.
For more information about the free usage tier, go to the AWS Free Usage Tier product page and Getting Started with AWS Free Usage Tier.
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You cannot restart a terminated instance. However, you can launch additional instances of the same AMI. |
To terminate an instance
In the AWS Management Console, locate the instance in your list of instances on the Instances page.
Right-click the instance, and then click Terminate.
Click Yes, Terminate when prompted for confirmation.
Amazon EC2 begins terminating the instance. As soon as the instance status changes to
shutting downorterminated, you stop incurring charges for that instance.
Congratulations! You successfully launched, connected to, and terminated an instance. For more information about Amazon EC2 and how to continue, click the Next Steps button.
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