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Unbinding and Releasing an EIP

Scenarios

EIPs that are no longer required can be unbound and released to avoid wasting EIP resources.

Notes and Constraints

  • You can only release unbound EIPs.
  • You cannot buy an EIP that you have released if it is currently being used by another user.
  • The price of a pay-per-use EIP includes the retention fee and the bandwidth price. If you unbind an EIP but do not release it, you will continue to be billed and the price includes the retention fee and the bandwidth price. The moment you bind an EIP to an instance, the retention fee is no longer included in the EIP price.

Procedure

Unbinding a single EIP

  1. Log in to the management console.
  2. Click in the upper left corner and select the desired region and project.
  3. On the console homepage, under Network, click Elastic IP.
  4. On the displayed page, locate the row that contains the target EIP, and click Unbind.
  5. Click Yes in the displayed dialog box.
Releasing a single EIP
  1. Log in to the management console.
  1. Click in the upper left corner and select the desired region and project.
  2. On the console homepage, under Network, click Elastic IP.
  3. On the displayed page, locate the row that contains the target EIP, click More and then Release in the Operation column.
  4. Click Yes in the displayed dialog box.

Unbinding multiple EIPs at once

  1. Log in to the management console.
  2. Click in the upper left corner and select the desired region and project.
  3. On the console homepage, under Network, click Elastic IP.
  4. On the displayed page, select the EIPs to be unbound.
  5. Click the Unbind button located above the EIP list.
  6. Click Yes in the displayed dialog box.

Releasing multiple EIPs at once

  1. Log in to the management console.
  2. Click in the upper left corner and select the desired region and project.
  3. On the console homepage, under Network, click Elastic IP.
  4. On the displayed page, select the EIPs to be released.
  5. Click the Release button located above the EIP list.
  6. Click Yes in the displayed dialog box.
Parent topic: EIP