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see Getting Started with Amazon Web Services in China
(PDF).
Closing a management account in your
organization
To close the management account in your organization, you must first either close or remove all member accounts
in the organization. The act of closing the management account also deletes the instance of
Amazon Organizations and any policies that you created inside of that organization after the post-closure period has expired.
How to close a management account
Use the following procedure to close a management account.
- Amazon Management Console
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To close a management account from the Accounts page
You cannot close a management account directly from the Amazon Organizations
console.
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Sign in as a user or role that has the required minimum
permissions of portal:ModifyAccount
in the management
account that you want to close.
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Verify that there are no active member accounts remaining in your
organization. To do this, go to the Amazon Organizations
console, and make sure
that all member accounts are showing Suspended
next to
their account names. If you have a member account that is still
active, you will need to follow the guidance provided in Closing a member account in your
organization before you can move
to the next step.
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On the navigation bar in the upper-right corner, choose your
account name or number, and then choose
Account.
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On the Account page, scroll to the bottom of
the page to the Close account section. Read and
ensure that you understand the account closure process.
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Choose the Close account button to initiate
the account closure process.
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Within a few minutes, you should receive an email confirmation
that your account has been closed.
- Amazon CLI & Amazon SDKs
This task isn't supported in the Amazon CLI or by an API operation from
one of the Amazon SDKs. You can perform this task only by using the Amazon Web Services Management Console.