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How to remove Instances ? I test some Instances and now I terminate it. So, I want to remove it. I can't find delete or remove action. I just found terminate.

How to change the pair key ? I don't have pair key for old Instances and I want to configure that instances.

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If you instance uses the instance store as its root device (i.e. it's not an EBS backed instance), simply terminating it will destroy the instance and you don't have to do anything else.

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can I change pair key ? I want to use one Instances but I don't have pem for Instances. – saturngod Feb 26 '10 at 15:09
Keypairs can be managed through the AWS console : aws.amazon.com/console – Dominik Feb 26 '10 at 15:55
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and if it is EBS backed? – Richard Nov 9 '10 at 22:26
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wow, this answer is really vague. im trying out EC2 for the first time today and I am noticing right away that once you create an instance, if you terminate it, it will still appear in your list as a re-usable instance. there doesn't seem to be a way to delete instances. Is There? – djangofan Mar 1 '11 at 1:28
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@djangofan A terminated instance is automatically removed from the list in a short while, and doesn't cost anything. – Martijn Heemels May 8 at 13:29
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give it some time. deletion of terminated instances is not a high priority task within the EC2 stack (seems reasonable to me). eventually the terminated instance will drop out of the interface.

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I have an instance that has been terminated for months, and it's still in the list. – Jeremy Aug 23 '11 at 21:35
I'd like to correct my last comment. I had an instance that was "stopped" for months. Changing the status to terminated does make it go away, given time. Now I understand "termination protection". Semantics! – Jeremy Sep 8 '11 at 20:19
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Yes if you hit refresh button on the console it will disapear.

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nope. that's not it. – Chase Florell Aug 31 '11 at 20:05
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