Unbinding an EIP from an Instance

Scenarios

Unbind an EIP from an instance, if:

• Your instance does not need to use an EIP.
• You want to bind the EIP to another instance.

Notes and Constraints

• EIPs assigned and bound to load balancers in the ELB service are displayed in the EIP list of the VPC service.

Unbinding a Single EIP

1. Log in to the management console.
2. Click in the upper left corner and choose Network > Elastic IP.
3. 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.

4. 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 choose Network > Elastic IP.
3. On the displayed page, select the EIPs to be unbound.
4. In the upper left corner of the EIP list, click Unbind.

   A confirmation dialog box is displayed.

5. Click Yes in the displayed dialog box.

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