Billing Termination

Pay-per-Use Resources

If pay-per-use resources, such as NAT gateways, are no longer required, delete them in a timely manner

Searching for Resources from Bills and Stopping Billing

To ensure that all related resources are deleted, you can search the billing records by resource ID, and then delete the resources you identify in this way.

[Example 1: Use the resource ID in the bill to search for the resource.]

1. On the top menu bar, choose Billing & Costs > Bills.

   The Dashboard page is displayed.

2. Click the icon shown in the following figure to copy the resource ID.
3. Choose Networking > NAT Gateway.

   The NAT gateway list is displayed.

4. Select the region where the NAT gateway is located, select ID from the filter criteria, paste the resource ID copied in 2, and click the icon to search for the resource.
   Figure 1 Searching for the NAT gateway
   

5. Choose More > Delete in the Operation column to delete the NAT gateway. Ensure that the NAT gateway does not exist in the list.
   

   You are billed one hour after the resource usage is calculated, so a bill may still be generated after the pay-per-use resource is deleted. For example, if you delete a private NAT gateway (which is billed on an hourly basis) at 08:30, the expenditures for the hour from 08:00 to 09:00 are usually not billed until about 10:00.

[Example 2: Use the resource name in the bill to search for the resource.]

1. On the top menu bar, choose Billing & Costs > Bills.

   The Dashboard page is displayed.

2. Click the icon shown in the following figure to copy the resource name.
3. Choose Networking > NAT Gateway.

   The NAT gateway list is displayed.

4. Select the region where the resource is located, select Name from the filter criteria, paste the resource name copied in 2, and click the icon to search for the resource.
   Figure 2 Search for resources
   

5. Choose More > Delete in the Operation column to delete the NAT gateway. Ensure that the NAT gateway does not exist in the list.
   

   You are billed one hour after the resource usage is calculated, so a bill may still be generated after the pay-per-use resource is deleted. For example, if you delete a private NAT gateway (which is billed on an hourly basis) at 08:30, the expenditures for the hour from 08:00 to 09:00 are usually not billed until about 10:00.