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Delete a static IP in Amazon Lightsail

Last updated: March 18, 2017

If you no longer need a static IP, you can delete it using the Lightsail console. You can delete a static IP using the Lightsail console or the AWS Command Line Interface (AWS CLI). There are two places in the Lightsail console where you can delete a static IP: from the Lightsail home page or the manage static IP page of the Lightsail console.

Note

Static IP addresses are free while attached to an instance. You can manage five at no additional cost.

Learn more about static IP addresses in Lightsail.

Delete a static IP from the Lightsail console home page

You can get to the Lightsail home page by choosing the Amazon Lightsail logo in the upper left. Go to the home page now.

Important

Deleting a static IP will completely remove the static IP. Other resources that rely on this static IP may be impacted.

  1. From the Lightsail home page, choose Delete from the manage static IP menu.

    Delete a static IP from the manage static IP menu on the Lightsail home page

  2. Choose Yes when Lightsail asks you to confirm.

Delete a static IP from the manage static IP page in the Lightsail console

You can get to the manage static IP page by choosing any static IP resource in Lightsail.

Important

Deleting a static IP will completely remove the static IP. Other resources that rely on this static IP may be impacted.

  1. From the manage static IP page, choose the Delete tab.

    Delete a static IP from the manage static IP page (Delete tab)

  2. Choose Delete this static IP

    Delete a static IP from the manage static IP page (not attached to an instance)

    If your static IP is attached to an instance, you'll see a slightly different screen.

    Delete a static IP from the manage static IP page (attached to an instance)

  3. Choose Yes when Lightsail asks you to confirm.

Delete a static IP using the AWS CLI

The API operation for deleting a static IP is actually called ReleaseStaticIp. When you create a static IP, you're actually allocating it. So, instead of deleting the static IP, you're actually releasing it. The following example shows you how to use the release-static-ip AWS CLI command to delete a static IP from your Lightsail account.

Prerequisites

First, if you haven't already, you need to install the AWS CLI. To learn more, see Installing the AWS Command Line Interface. Be sure you configure the AWS CLI.

    You'll need the name of your static IP to release it. You can get that by using the get-static-ips AWS CLI command.

  1. Type the following command:

    aws lightsail get-static-ips

    You should see output similar to the following.

    {
 "staticIps": [
 {
 "name": "Example-StaticIP",
 "resourceType": "StaticIp",
 "attachedTo": "MyInstance",
 "arn": "arn:aws:lightsail:us-east-2:123456789101:StaticIp/5282f35e-c720-4e5a-1234-12345EXAMPLE",
 "isAttached": true,
 "ipAddress": "12.345.678.90",
 "createdAt": 1489750629.026,
 "location": {
 "availabilityZone": "all",
 "regionName": "us-east-2"
 }
 },
 {
 "name": "my-other-static-ip",
 "resourceType": "StaticIp",
 "arn": "arn:aws:lightsail:us-east-2:123456789101:StaticIp/f5885e14-8984-49e5-1234-12345EXAMPLE",
 "isAttached": false,
 "ipAddress": "12.345.67.8",
 "createdAt": 1483653597.815,
 "location": {
 "availabilityZone": "all",
 "regionName": "us-east-2"
 }
 }
 ]
}

  2. Select the name value of the static IP you wish to release and make a note of it so you can use it in the next step.

    For example, you can copy the value to the clipboard.

  3. Type the following command, where Example-StaticIP is the name of the static IP you want to release.

    aws lightsail release-static-ip --static-ip-name "Example-StaticIP"

    If successful, you should see output similar to the following.

    {
 "operations": [
 {
 "status": "Succeeded",
 "resourceType": "StaticIp",
 "isTerminal": true,
 "statusChangedAt": 1489860944.19,
 "location": {
 "availabilityZone": "all",
 "regionName": "us-east-2"
 },
 "operationType": "ReleaseStaticIp",
 "resourceName": "Example-StaticIP",
 "id": "92a2f0d2-eef2-4e6f-1234-12345EXAMPLE",
 "createdAt": 1489860944.19
 }
 ]
}

Troubleshooting static IP deletion

If you run into any issues when deleting a static IP, contact Customer Support.