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Updated on 2023-12-14 GMT+08:00
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Billing Termination

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

  • Dedicated HSM instances charged in yearly/monthly mode can be unsubscribed.
  • In the pay-per-use billing mode, when a key enters the scheduled deletion state, the billing is stopped.

Yearly/Monthly Resources

You pay for a resource billed in yearly/monthly mode, such as a yearly/monthly Dedicated HSM instance, when you purchase it. Billing automatically stops when the subscription expires.

  • If a yearly/monthly resource is no longer needed before the subscription expires, you can unsubscribe from the resource. The system will return a certain amount of money to your account based on whether the resource is subject to five-day unconditional unsubscription or whether cash coupons or discount coupons are used. For details, see Unsubscription.
  • If you have enabled auto-renewal but no longer wish to automatically renew the subscription, disable it before the auto-renewal date (7 days before the expiration date by default) to avoid unexpected expenditures.
  1. Log in to the management console.
  2. Click in the upper left corner of the management console and select a region or project.
  3. Click .
  4. In the navigation pane, choose Dedicated HSM.
  5. Locate the row that contains the target instance, and click Unsubscribe in the Operation column.
  6. Go to the edition management window and verify that the subscription to the asset quota that is billed yearly/monthly is canceled.

Pay-per-Use Resources

In the pay-per-use billing mode, when a key enters the scheduled deletion state, the billing is stopped. For details, see Deleting a Key.

The system usually deducts fees of the last settlement period within one hour after resources are used. As a result, after a pay-per-use resource is deleted, the bill information may still exist. For example, if you delete DEW resources (which are billed on an hourly basis) at 08:30, the expenditures for the hour from 08:00 to 09:00 are usually not billed until about 10:00.