Delete a network interface - Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud
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Delete a network interface

Deleting a network interface releases all attributes associated with the interface and releases any private IP addresses or Elastic IP addresses to be used by another instance.

You can't delete a network interface that is in use. First, you must detach the network interface.

To delete a network interface using the console

  1. Open the Amazon EC2 console at https://console.amazonaws.cn/ec2/.

  2. In the navigation pane, choose Network Interfaces.

  3. Select the checkbox for the network interface, and then choose Actions, Delete.

  4. When prompted for confirmation, choose Delete.

To delete a network interface using the command line

You can use one of the following commands. For more information about these command line interfaces, see Access Amazon EC2.