Services or capabilities described in Amazon Web Services documentation might vary by Region. To see the differences applicable to the China Regions,
see Getting Started with Amazon Web Services in China
(PDF).
Release an Elastic IP address
If you no longer need an Elastic IP address, we recommend that you release it. The Elastic
IP address to release must not be currently associated with an Amazon resource.
- Console
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To release an Elastic IP address
Open the Amazon EC2 console at
https://console.amazonaws.cn/ec2/.
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In the navigation pane, choose Elastic IPs.
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Select the Elastic IP address to release and choose Actions,
Release Elastic IP addresses.
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Choose Release.
- Amazon CLI
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To release an Elastic IP address
Use the release-address Amazon CLI command.
aws ec2 release-address --allocation-id eipalloc-64d5890a
- PowerShell
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To release an Elastic IP address
Use the Remove-EC2Address
cmdlet.
Remove-EC2Address -AllocationId eipalloc-64d5890a
After you release your Elastic IP address, you might be able to recover. The following
rules apply:
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You can't recover an Elastic IP address if it has been allocated to another Amazon
account, or if it will result in your exceeding your Elastic IP address
limit.
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You can't recover tags associated with an Elastic IP address.
- Amazon CLI
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To recover an Elastic IP address
Use the allocate-address
command.
aws ec2 allocate-address \
--domain vpc \
--address 203.0.113.3
- PowerShell
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To recover an Elastic IP address
Use the New-EC2Address
cmdlet.
New-EC2Address `
-Address 203.0.113.3 `
-Domain vpc `
-Region us-east-1