Releasing or Unsubscribing an EIP

Scenarios

If an EIP is no longer required, you can unbind it from your instance and release it if it is a pay-per-use EIP or unsubscribe from it if it is a yearly/monthly EIP. If you do not release or unsubscribe from the EIP in a timely manner after unbinding it, the EIP continues to be billed. This section describes how to release or unsubscribe from an EIP.

Notes and Constraints

• An EIP that has been bound to an instance cannot be released or unsubscribed from.
• Yearly/Monthly EIPs can only be unsubscribed from.
• An EIP cannot be released or unsubscribed from if its server is suspected of violations and the EIP is frozen by the national supervision department.
• The system preferentially assigns EIPs to you from the ones you released or unsubscribed from, 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?

Releasing a Pay-per-Use EIP

1. Go to the EIP list page.
2. 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.

3. Click Yes in the displayed dialog box.

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

You can also select multiple EIPs and choose More > Release above the list to release pay-per-use EIPs.

Unsubscribing From a Yearly/Monthly EIP

1. Go to the EIP list page.
2. In the EIP list, locate the target EIP, and choose More > Unsubscribe in the Operation column. The unsubscription page is displayed.
3. Confirm the information and click Confirm. A confirmation dialog box is displayed.
4. Confirm the information and click Yes.

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

You can also select multiple EIPs and choose More > Unsubscribe above the list to unsubscribe yearly/monthly EIPs.

Scenarios Where EIPs Cannot Be Released or Unsubscribed from

• The EIP has been bound to an instance.

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

• Yearly/Monthly EIPs

  Yearly/Monthly EIPs cannot be released. If you no longer need them, you can unsubscribe them.

• Frozen EIPs

  An EIP cannot be released or unsubscribed if its server is suspected of violations and the EIP is frozen by the national supervision department. For details, see Why My EIPs Are Frozen? How Do I Unfreeze My EIPs?