Delete a static IP address in Lightsail - Amazon Lightsail

Delete a static IP address in Lightsail

You can create up to five static IPs per AWS Region in your Amazon Lightsail account. If you delete an instance that has a static IP address attached to it, the static IP address remains in your account. If you no longer need the static IP address, you can delete it using the Lightsail console or the AWS Command Line Interface (AWS CLI). In this guide, we show you how to delete a static IP address from your Lightsail account. For more information about static IPs, see IP addresses.

Important

Deleting a static IP will completely remove the static IP from your Lightsail account. Resources that use that static IP, such as instances, will be impacted. You will not be able to get the static IP back after you delete it.

Delete a static IP using the Lightsail console

Complete the following procedure to delete a static IP using the Lightsail console.

  1. Sign in to the Lightsail console.

  2. On the Lightsail home page, choose Networking.

  3. On the Networking page choose the vertical ellipsis (⋮) icon next to the static IP address that you want to delete, and then choose Delete.

    Delete a static IP in the Networking page

Delete a static IP using the AWS CLI

Complete the following procedure to delete a static IP using the AWS CLI. The command to delete a static IP from your Lightsail account is release-static-ip. When you create a static IP, you're actually allocating it. So, instead of deleting the static IP, you're actually releasing it.

Prerequisites

First, if you haven't already, you need to install the AWS CLI. To learn more, see Installing the AWS Command Line Interface. Be sure you configure the AWS CLI.

You'll need the name of your static IP to release it. You can get that by using the get-static-ips AWS CLI command.

  1. Type the following command:

    aws lightsail get-static-ips

    You should see output similar to the following.

    { "staticIps": [ { "name": "Example-StaticIP", "resourceType": "StaticIp", "attachedTo": "MyInstance", "arn": "arn:aws:lightsail:us-east-2:123456789101:StaticIp/5282f35e-c720-4e5a-1234-12345EXAMPLE", "isAttached": true, "ipAddress": "192.0.2.0", "createdAt": 1489750629.026, "location": { "availabilityZone": "all", "regionName": "us-east-2" } }, { "name": "my-other-static-ip", "resourceType": "StaticIp", "arn": "arn:aws:lightsail:us-east-2:123456789101:StaticIp/f5885e14-8984-49e5-1234-12345EXAMPLE", "isAttached": false, "ipAddress": "192.0.2.2", "createdAt": 1483653597.815, "location": { "availabilityZone": "all", "regionName": "us-east-2" } } ] }
  2. Select the name value of the static IP you wish to release and make a note of it so you can use it in the next step.

    For example, you can copy the value to the clipboard.

  3. Type the following command.

    aws lightsail release-static-ip --static-ip-name StaticIpName

    In the command, replace StaticIpName with the name of your static IP.

    If successful, you should see output similar to the following.

    { "operations": [ { "status": "Succeeded", "resourceType": "StaticIp", "isTerminal": true, "statusChangedAt": 1489860944.19, "location": { "availabilityZone": "all", "regionName": "us-east-2" }, "operationType": "ReleaseStaticIp", "resourceName": "Example-StaticIP", "id": "92a2f0d2-eef2-4e6f-1234-12345EXAMPLE", "createdAt": 1489860944.19 } ] }