---
title: "Delete a DBaaS instance"
description: "Permanently delete a MySQL, MariaDB, or PostgreSQL DBaaS instance, its Read Replicas, and its snapshots."
content_type: "how-to"
product: "database"
platform: "MyAccount"
url: "/myaccount/database/how-to/delete-a-database/"
topic: ["lifecycle"]
---

# Delete a DBaaS instance

Delete a DBaaS instance when you have finished with it. Deleting also ends its charge; a stopped
DBaaS instance keeps billing until you delete it.

## Before you begin

Keep the data you need first. Deleting is permanent, and it also deletes the DBaaS instance's Read
Replicas and all its snapshots. To keep the data, restore a snapshot into a new DBaaS instance
first, as [Back up and restore a DBaaS instance with
snapshots](/myaccount/database/how-to/create-and-restore-a-snapshot/) shows, or export it to your
own machine with the engine's dump tool, as [Import a database into a DBaaS
instance](/myaccount/database/how-to/import-a-database/) shows. On a committed plan, deleting
refunds none of the committed cost.

## Delete it

1. From the DBaaS instance's **More Actions** menu, click **Delete**.
2. In **Delete DBaaS**, check **I understand the associated risk and want to delete the database**.
3. Type the DBaaS instance's **Instance Name** in **Enter name of the cluster to confirm deletion**.
4. Click **Delete**.

You return to the DBaaS list, and the DBaaS instance's status shows **Terminating**, then
**Terminated**. To start again, see
[Create a DBaaS instance](/myaccount/database/how-to/create-a-database/).