# Closing a member account in an organization with Amazon Organizations
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If you no longer need a member account in your organization, you can close it from the [Amazon Organizations console](https://console.amazonaws.cn/organizations/v2) following the instructions in this topic. You can only close a member account using the Amazon Organizations console if your organization is in [All features](orgs_getting-started_concepts.md#feature-set-all) mode.

You can also close an Amazon Web Services account directly from the [**Account** page](https://console.amazonaws.cn/billing/home#/account) in the Amazon Web Services Management Console after signing in as the root user. For step-by-step instructions, see [Close an Amazon Web Services account](https://docs.amazonaws.cn/accounts/latest/reference/manage-acct-closing.html) in the *Amazon Account Management Guide*. 

To close a management account, see [Closing a management account in your organization](orgs_manage_accounts_close_management.md).

## Close a member account
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When you sign in to the organization's management account, you can close member accounts that are part of your organization. To do this, complete the following steps.

**Important**  
Before you close your member account, we highly recommend that you review considerations and understand the impact for closing an account. For more information, see [What you need to know before closing your account](https://docs.amazonaws.cn/accounts/latest/reference/manage-acct-closing.html#close-account-considerations) and [What to expect after you close your account](https://docs.amazonaws.cn/accounts/latest/reference/manage-acct-closing.html#what-to-expect-after-closure) in the *Amazon Account Management Guide*.

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#### [ Amazon Management Console ]

**To close a member account from the Amazon Organizations console**

1. On the **[Amazon Web Services accounts](https://console.amazonaws.cn/organizations/v2/home/accounts)** page, find and choose the name of the member account you want to close. You can navigate the OU hierarchy, or look at a flat list of accounts without the OU structure. 

1. Choose **Close** next to the account name at the top of the page. This option is only available when an Amazon organization is in [All features](orgs_getting-started_concepts.md#feature-set-all) mode.
**Note**  
If your organization is using [Consolidated billing](orgs_getting-started_concepts.md#feature-set-cb-only) mode, you won't be able to see the **Close** button in the console. To close an account in consolidated billing mode, sign in to the account you want to close as the root user. On the **Accounts** page, choose the **Close account** button, enter your account ID, and then choose the **Close account** button.

1. Read and ensure that you understand the account closure guidance.

1. Enter the member account ID, and then choose **Close account**. 

**Note**  
Any member account that you close will display a `CLOSED` label next to its account name in the Amazon Organizations console for up to 90 days after the original closure date. After 90 days, the member account will be permanently closed and will no longer be displayed in the Amazon Organizations console. Please note that it may take a few days for the account to be removed from the organization after permanent closure.

**To close a member account from the Accounts page**

Optionally, you can close an Amazon member account directly from the **Accounts** page in the Amazon Web Services Management Console. For step-by-step guidance, follow the instructions in [Close an Amazon Web Services account](https://docs.amazonaws.cn/accounts/latest/reference/manage-acct-closing.html) in the *Amazon Account Management Guide*.

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#### [ Amazon CLI & Amazon SDKs ]

**To close an Amazon Web Services account**  
You can use one of the following commands to close an Amazon account:
+ Amazon CLI: [close-account](https://docs.amazonaws.cn/cli/latest/reference/organizations/close-account.html)

  ```
  $ aws organizations close-account \
      --account-id 123456789012
  ```

  This command produces no output when successful.
+ Amazon SDKs: [CloseAccount](https://docs.amazonaws.cn/organizations/latest/APIReference/API_CloseAccount.html)

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