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 shows, or export it to your own machine with the engine’s dump tool, as Import a database into a DBaaS instance 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.