Updated on 2026-06-15 GMT+08:00

Deleting a Database Account

Scenarios

You can delete database accounts you have created.

Deleted database accounts cannot be restored. Exercise caution when deleting an account.

Constraints

Accounts cannot be deleted from DB instances that are being restored.

Procedure

  1. Log in to the RDS console.
  2. Click in the upper left corner and select a region.
  3. On the Instances page, click the DB instance name to go to the Summary page.
  4. In the navigation pane on the left, choose Databases and Accounts and then click the Accounts tab.
  5. Locate the target account and click Delete in the Operation column.
  6. In the displayed dialog box, enter DELETE and click OK.