Unbinding an EIP from an Instance

Scenarios

Unbind an EIP from an instance, if:

• Your instance does not need to use an EIP.

  If you do not release the EIP after unbinding it, the EIP will be billed. For details, see Releasing an EIP.

• You want to bind the EIP to another instance.

The system preferentially assigns EIPs to you from the ones you released, if any. However, if any of these EIPs is already assigned to another user, it cannot be re-assigned to you.

Notes and Constraints

• An EIP cannot be unbound if its server is suspected of violations and the EIP is frozen by the national supervision department.

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. Click in the upper left corner and choose Networking > Elastic IP.
4. On the displayed page, locate the row that contains the target EIP, and click Unbind in the Operation column.

   A confirmation dialog box is displayed.

5. Click Yes in the displayed dialog box.

   In the EIP list, the target EIP has no associated instance.

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. Click in the upper left corner and choose Networking > Elastic IP.
4. On the displayed page, select the EIPs to be unbound.
5. In the upper left corner of the EIP list, click Unbind.

   A confirmation dialog box is displayed.

6. Click Yes in the displayed dialog box.

   In the EIP list, the target EIPs have no associated instances.

If a pay-per-use EIP is unbound from an instance, the EIP will be billed to keep it allocated to your account unless it is released.

If an EIP billed by bandwidth is unbound from an instance, the bandwidth will continue to be billed.

If you have any questions about the billing, see Why Am I Still Being Billed After My EIP Has Been Unbound or Released?