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What Are the Differences Between Unbinding and Releasing an EIP?

Table 1 lists the differences between unbinding and releasing an EIP.

**Table 1** Differences
Item	Unbinding an EIP	Release an EIP
Application scenarios	Your instance no longer requires the EIP. You want to bind the EIP to another instance.	If an EIP is no longer required, you can unbind it from your instance and then release it.
Pay-per-use EIP billing	Billed by bandwidth: Both the EIP and its bandwidth will be billed. Billed by traffic: Only the EIP will be billed. Billed by shared bandwidth: Both the EIP and shared bandwidth will be billed.	Billed by bandwidth: Both the EIP and its bandwidth will not be billed. Billed by traffic: Both the EIP and traffic will not be billed. Billed by shared bandwidth: The EIP will not be billed. After the shared bandwidth is deleted, it will no longer be billed.

Yearly/Monthly EIPs are billed based on your required duration. No operations on the EIP will affect its billing.

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