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Updated on 2026-05-26 GMT+08:00
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Billing Termination

To prevent resource waste and unnecessary fees, you can stop billing for unused resources.

  • In yearly/monthly billing, if you are using the standard or professional edition, asset quotas and value-added packages (large screen, security analysis, and security orchestration) need to be unsubscribed or canceled separately.

    After all asset quotas (professional edition or standard edition) are unsubscribed from and the current edition is the basic edition, you can unsubscribe from the value-added package features.

    The value-added package functions depend on the service edition. If you unsubscribe from or cancel the professional or standard edition but do not unsubscribe from or cancel the value-added package, the corresponding functions cannot work. So you need also cancel the value-added package features.

  • In the pay-per-use professional edition, when you unsubscribe from or cancel the subscription to the asset quota of the professional edition, functions in the value-added package are also unsubscribed or canceled.
  • If you have enabled data collection, you need to manually release the ECSs used for data collection. For details, see How Do I Unsubscribe from ECSs?.
  • If you have enabled data collection, you need to manually release the VPCEP nodes used to connect and manage the collection nodes. For details, see Deleting a VPC Endpoint.

Yearly/Monthly Resources

For yearly/monthly resources, such as SecMaster, you make a one-time up-front payment. If you do not renew the subscription after the subscription expires, the resource enters the grace period and then the retention period. For details, see Will SecMaster Be Billed After It Expires?.

  • You can unsubscribe from a yearly/monthly resource before the subscription expires. Fees for unused resource will be refunded to you based on refund conditions, including whether cash coupons or discount coupons are used. For details, see Unsubscription Rules.
  • If you have enabled the auto-renewal function, disable it before the auto-renewal deduction date (seven days before the expiration date by default) to avoid unexpected fees.
  1. Log in to the SecMaster console.
  2. Click in the upper left corner of the management console and select a region or project.
  3. On the displayed page, click Standard or Professional in the upper right corner. A window for you to manage SecMaster assets will be displayed.
  4. Locate the target yearly/monthly ECS quota or value-added package and click Unsubscribe.
  5. On the displayed page, confirm the information and click OK. The Orders > Unsubscriptions page in the Billing Center is displayed.
  6. Locate the row that contains the target instance, and click Unsubscribe from Resource in the Operation column.
  7. Confirm the information about the resource to be unsubscribed, select the unsubscription reason, and select I understand a handling fee will be charged for this unsubscription.
  8. Click Confirm.

    Go to the edition management window and verify that the subscription to the ECS quota billed yearly/monthly is canceled.

Pay-per-Use Resources

For resources billed on a pay-per-use basis, such as the professional edition SecMaster, you need to unsubscribe from them if you no longer need them. The billing stops once you complete the unsubscription.

The system usually deducts fees for the previous billing period within one hour after resource usage ends. So, billing data for a pay-per-use resource may remain visible for a short time after the resource is deleted. For example, if you delete a pay-per-use SecMaster resource at 08:30, the fees generated from 08:00 to 09:00 are usually settled at about 10:00.

  1. Log in to the SecMaster console.
  2. Click in the upper left corner of the management console and select a region or project.
  3. Click Professional in the upper right corner. The edition management window is displayed.
  4. Locate the row that contains your pay-per-use SecMaster edition or value-added package and click Cancel to release the resource.
  5. Scenario 1: MFA Has Been Configured in IAM

    On the displayed Unsubscribe page, confirm the resource information, enter the credential authentication information, and click OK in the lower right corner.

    The verification method can be a mobile number, an email address, or a virtual FMA. For more information about multi-factor authentication (MFA), see MFA Overview.

    Scenario 2: MFA Is Not Enabled in IAM

    On the displayed Unsubscribe page, confirm the resource information, click Auto Enter to auto-fill UNSUBSCRIBE, and click OK to unsubscribe from the resource.

  6. Go to the edition management window and verify that the subscription to resources billed on a pay-per-use basis is canceled.