# Subscribe to Amazon Windows AMI notifications
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Whenever Amazon Windows AMIs are released, we send notifications to the subscribers of the `ec2-windows-ami-update` topic. Whenever released Amazon Windows AMIs are made private, we send notifications to the subscribers of the `ec2-windows-ami-private` topic. If you no longer want to receive these notifications, use the following procedure to unsubscribe.

To be notified when new AMIs are released or when previously released AMIs are made private, subscribe to notifications using Amazon SNS.

**To subscribe to Amazon Windows AMI notifications**

1. Open the Amazon SNS console at [https://console.amazonaws.cn/sns/v3/home](https://console.amazonaws.cn/sns/v3/home).

1. In the navigation bar, change the Region to **US East (N. Virginia)**, if necessary. You must use this Region because the Amazon SNS notifications that you are subscribing to were created in this Region.

1. In the navigation pane, choose **Subscriptions**.

1. Choose **Create subscription**.

1. For the **Create subscription** dialog box, do the following:

   1. For **Topic ARN**, copy and paste one of the following Amazon Resource Names (ARNs):
      + **arn:aws:sns:us-east-1:801119661308:ec2-windows-ami-update**
      + **arn:aws:sns:us-east-1:801119661308:ec2-windows-ami-private**

      For **Amazon GovCloud (US) Regions**:

      **arn:aws-us-gov:sns:us-gov-west-1:077303321853:ec2-windows-ami-update**

   1. For **Protocol**, choose **Email**.

   1. For **Endpoint**, enter an email address that you can use to receive the notifications.

   1. Choose **Create subscription**.

1. You'll receive a confirmation email with the subject line `Amazon Notification - Subscription Confirmation`. Open the email and choose **Confirm subscription** to complete your subscription.

**To unsubscribe from Amazon Windows AMI notifications**

1. Open the Amazon SNS console at [https://console.amazonaws.cn/sns/v3/home](https://console.amazonaws.cn/sns/v3/home).

1. In the navigation bar, change the Region to **US East (N. Virginia)**, if necessary. You must use this Region because the Amazon SNS notifications were created in this Region.

1. In the navigation pane, choose **Subscriptions**.

1. Select the subscriptions and then choose **Delete**. When prompted for confirmation, choose **Delete**.