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Deleting a Pay-per-Use DB Instance

Scenarios

To delete a DB instance billed in the pay-per-use mode, you need to locate the target DB instance and click Delete on the Instance Management page.

(To delete a DB instance billed in the yearly/monthly mode, you need to unsubscribe from the order. For details, see Unsubscribing from a Yearly/Monthly DB Instance.)

  • Cluster instance
  • Replica set instance
  • Single node instance
  • Yearly/Monthly DB instances cannot be deleted.
  • After you delete an instance, all nodes in the instance are also deleted.
  • After you delete the DB instance, all data in it and all automated backups are automatically deleted and cannot be restored. Exercise caution when performing this operation.
  • By default, all manual backups are retained in DDS. You can use a backup to restore a deleted instance.

Background

If you enable operation protection to improve the security of your account and cloud products, two-factor authentication is required for sensitive operations. For details about how to enable operation protection, see Critical Operations in the Identity and Access Management User Guide.

Procedure

  1. Log in to the DDS console.
  2. On the Instance Management page, locate the target DB instance and choose More > Delete in the Operation column.
  3. If you have enabled operation protection, click Start Verification in the Delete DB Instance dialog box. On the displayed page, click Send Code, enter the verification code, and click Verify. The page is closed automatically.
  4. In the displayed dialog box, click Yes.
Parent topic: Instance Management