# Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling account settings
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Use account settings to control whether certain Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling features are enabled (turned on) for your Amazon account. Each account setting has a name and a value of `enabled` or `disabled`.

**Note**  
Each account setting applies to your entire account within a single Amazon Region. Configure a setting in every Region where you want it to take effect.

**Topics**
+ [Available account setting](#account-settings-available)
+ [Manage account settings](account-settings-manage.md)

## Available account setting
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Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling provides the following account setting.

**`launchBeforeTerminate`**  
Controls whether Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling launches a replacement instance before terminating the instance it replaces. This applies to groups that don't define an instance maintenance policy or set instance refresh preferences. For more information, see [Launch replacement instances before terminating old ones](ec2-auto-scaling-launch-before-terminate-account-setting.md).  
+ Valid values: `enabled` \| `disabled`