Help Center/ Relational Database Service_RDS for PostgreSQL/ User Guide/ Read Replicas/ Deleting a Read Replica
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Deleting a Read Replica

Scenarios

You can delete pay-per-use read replicas to release resources. To delete read replicas billed on a yearly/monthly basis, you must unsubscribe from the order first.

Constraints

  • RDS does not move read replicas to the recycle bin. Only primary/standby and single-node instances can be moved to the recycle bin.
  • Once you submit a deletion or unsubscription request, resources and data will be deleted and cannot be retrieved.
  • A read replica cannot be deleted or unsubscribed when any operations are being performed on it. You can delete or unsubscribe from it only after the operations are complete.
  • If a pay-per-use read replica is deleted, you will no longer be billed for it.
  • Read replicas with deletion protection enabled cannot be deleted. To delete such read replicas, disable deletion protection first (using an account that has the permission to disable this function).

Procedure

  1. Log in to the RDS console.
  2. Click in the upper left corner and select a region.
  3. On the Instances page, locate the target instance and click in front of its name. All the read replicas created for this instance are displayed.
  4. Locate the target read replica and choose More > Delete in the Operation column.
  5. In the displayed dialog box, enter DELETE and click OK.
  6. Refresh the instance list later to check that the deletion is successful.
  1. Log in to the RDS console.
  2. Click in the upper left corner and select a region.
  3. On the Instances page, locate the target instance and click in front of its name. All the read replicas created for this instance are displayed.
  4. Locate the target read replica and choose More > Unsubscribe in the Operation column.
  5. In the displayed dialog box, click OK. The Unsubscribe from Resource page is displayed.
  6. On the displayed page, confirm the order to be unsubscribed, select a reason, and click Confirm.

    For details, see Unsubscription Rules.

  7. In the displayed dialog box, confirm the refund information, enter YES, and click OK.
  8. Check the unsubscription results. After you unsubscribe from the order, the read replica is deleted and is no longer displayed on the Instances page.
Parent Topic: Read Replicas