If you no longer need pay-as-you-go instances and your Tencent Cloud account has no overdue payments, you can directly terminate them in the console to avoid further fee deduction. Terminated instances are retained in the recycle bin for two hours, and you can start them up to restore them. After two hours, the system will directly eliminate them, and all their data will be permanently deleted.
Notes
After an instance is returned, once its status changes to Isolated or To be deleted, it will no longer incur fees.
Notes
After the instance is terminated, all its data will be cleared and cannot be recovered. Be sure to back up your data first before submitting a termination task.
When the instance is terminated, its IP resources will be released simultaneously.
Refund policy
After an instance is terminated, the refund procedures are as detailed below:
For instances that met the 5-day no-questions-asked refund policy, the payment will be returned to your Tencent Cloud account.
For normal instances, the payment will be returned to your Tencent Cloud account by the proportion of the cash and gift cards paid for the purchase.
For orders from promotional reward channel, the refund will be charged 25% of their actual cash payment amount. Currently, self-service refund is unavailable for such kind of orders, you can contact us to apply for the refund.
For more information on self-service refund and examples.
3. In the Instance List, select the target pay-as-you-go instance and click More > Terminate in its Operation column.
4. In the Terminate Instance pop-up window, confirm the information of the target instance, understand the impact of instance termination, and click Terminate.
5. On the left sidebar, select Recycle Bin, and you can see that the terminated pay-as-you-go instance is isolated there. The instance is in Isolated status and will no longer incur fees.
6. (Optional) Click Start Up to restore the instance, or click Eliminate Now to directly eliminate it. For detailed directions, see Restoring Isolated Instance.
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