Terminate Your DB Instance

To terminate your DB Instance

1. Open the Amazon RDS console at https://console.aws.amazon.com/rds/.

2. Make sure US East (N. Virginia) is selected in the region selector in the navigation bar.

3. In the left navigation pane, click DB Instances.

4. Locate the DB Instance in your list of DB Instances.

5. Select the check box next to the DB Instance, and then choose Delete from the Instance Actions drop-down list at the top of the page.

6. Select No in the Create final snapshot? drop-down list.

   

   If this weren't an exercise, you might create a final snapshot before you deleted the DB Instance so that you could restore the DB Instance later.

   Note

   Creating a final snapshot incurs additional storage fees.

7. Click Yes, Delete.

   Amazon RDS begins terminating the instance. As soon as the DB Instance status changes to deleted, you stop incurring charges for that DB Instance.

To delete your DB Security Group

1. Open the Amazon RDS console at https://console.aws.amazon.com/rds/.

2. Click DB Security Groups in the navigation pane on the left.

3. Select a DB Security Group and click Delete DB Security Group.

4. Click Yes, Delete.