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Region opt-out and opt-in behavior for Amazon RDS resources - Amazon Relational Database Service
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).

Region opt-out and opt-in behavior for Amazon RDS resources

Amazon allows you to enable and disable certain Amazon Regions for your account. When you disable (opt out of) a Region, you can no longer access resources in that Region. When you enable (opt in to) a Region, you can use it again. This topic explains how opting out of and opting in to a Region affects your Amazon RDS resources.

For general information about Amazon Regions and how to enable or disable them, see Managing Amazon Regions in the Amazon Account Management Reference Guide. For information about which Regions are available For Amazon RDS, see Regions, Availability Zones, and Local Zones.