Releasing an EIP

Scenarios

If an EIP is no longer required, you can unbind it from your instance and then release it. If you do not release the EIP in a timely manner after unbinding it, the EIP will be billed to keep it allocated to your account unless it is released.

Notes and Constraints

• Only EIPs that have no instances bound can be released. To release an EIP that has been bound to an instance, unbind it first. For details, see Unbinding an EIP from an 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.

  For details, see How Do I Assign or Retrieve a Specific EIP?

• EIPs billed on a yearly/monthly basis can only be unsubscribed.
• An EIP cannot be released if its server is suspected of violations and the EIP is frozen by the national supervision department.

Releasing 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. In the EIP list, locate the row that contains the EIP and choose More > Release in the Operation column.

   A confirmation dialog box is displayed.

5. Click Yes in the displayed dialog box.

   You can find that the EIP is not in the EIP list.

Releasing 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. In the EIP list, select the EIPs to be released.
5. In the upper left corner of the list, choose More > Release.

   A confirmation dialog box is displayed.

6. Click Yes in the displayed dialog box.

   You can find that the EIPs are not in the EIP list.