---
title: "Disable or delete a distribution"
description: "Stop an E2E CDN distribution from serving files, enable it again, or delete it, and what each change means for billing."
content_type: "how-to"
product: "cdn"
platform: "MyAccount"
url: "/myaccount/cdn/how-to/disable-or-delete-a-distribution/"
---

# Disable or delete a distribution

Disable a distribution to stop it serving files while you keep its settings and its Distribution
URL; enable it again to serve files once more. Delete it when you no longer need it. Billing
continues while a distribution is disabled: you pay for the CDN until the distribution is deleted.

## Before you begin

Check that your site no longer links to the Distribution URL, or that you are ready for those links
to stop working. A disabled distribution does not serve requests, and a deleted one cannot be
restored.

All three actions are in the distribution's **Actions** menu on **Manage CDN Services**. In
MyAccount, under **Network**, click **CDN** to open it.

## Disable a distribution

1. On **Manage CDN Services**, in the distribution's row, open **Actions** and choose
   **Disable Distribution**.
2. In the **Disable Distribution** dialog, click **Disable**.

**State** changes to **InProgress** while the change deploys, which takes up to 30 minutes, and
**Deployed** can show up to 15 minutes after the change is live. When **State** reads **Deployed**,
**Status** reads **Disabled** and the distribution no longer serves
requests.

## Enable a distribution

1. In the distribution's row, open **Actions** and choose **Enable Distribution**. It is available
   once **State** reads **Deployed**.
2. In the **Enable Distribution** dialog, click **Enable**.

**State** changes to **InProgress** while the change deploys, which takes up to 30 minutes, and
**Deployed** can show up to 15 minutes after the change is live. The distribution then shows
**Deployed** and **Enabled**, serving files again at the same Distribution URL.

While a distribution is **InProgress**, another enable or disable is refused with
**Domain state change operation is in progress. Please try later.** Wait for **Deployed**, and
try again.

## Delete a distribution

To delete a distribution, first disable it and wait for **Deployed**. **Delete** in the **Actions**
menu appears once the distribution shows **Disabled** and **Deployed**.

A deleted distribution cannot be restored. To serve the same origin again, you create a new
distribution, which gets a new Distribution URL.

For a bucket's distribution, the bucket's public access must have **Download** and **Listing**
checked when you delete it. If you cleared **Listing** to close the bucket's file list, check it
again first: open the bucket's **Permissions** tab, click **Public Access Config**, check
**Listing**, and click **Save Permission**. Otherwise the bucket stays attached to the deleted
distribution, and **Add to CDN** is not available for it again.

1. In the distribution's row, open **Actions** and choose **Delete**.
2. For a bucket's distribution, MyAccount first warns "This CDN distribution is serving content
   from the bucket \<name\>." with your bucket's name.
3. In **Delete Distribution**, which asks "Are you sure you want to delete?", click **Delete**.

The distribution leaves **Manage CDN Services**, with **Your Distribution has been deleted
successfully.** For a bucket's distribution, **Bucket is detached from CDN successfully** follows,
and **Add to CDN** is available for the bucket again.

If you see "Bucket does not have public access, prompt user to set permissions to public" after the
delete, the bucket stays attached; see [Add to CDN is not available after I deleted the
distribution](/myaccount/cdn/troubleshooting/cdn/#add-to-cdn-is-not-available-after-i-deleted-the-distribution).

If **Delete** is not available or a change is refused, see
[Troubleshooting CDN](/myaccount/cdn/troubleshooting/cdn/#delete-is-not-available-for-a-distribution).