# Unbinding an EIP from an ECS and Releasing the EIP

#### Scenarios

If you no longer need an EIP, unbind it from the ECS and release the EIP to avoid wasting network resources.

#### Notes and Constraints

- EIP assigned together with your load balancers will also be displayed in the EIP list on the VPC console. On the EIP console or using EIP APIs, you cannot bind EIPs to or unbind them from dedicated load balancers, but you can bind EIPs to or unbind them from shared load balancers.
- You can only release EIPs that are not bound to any resources.

#### Procedure

Unbinding a single EIP

1. Log in to the management console.
2. Click in the upper left corner and select the desired region and project.
3. On the console homepage, under Network, click Elastic IP.
4. On the displayed page, locate the row that contains the target EIP, and click Unbind.
5. Click Yes in the displayed dialog box.

Releasing a single EIP

1. Log in to the management console.

2. Click in the upper left corner and select the desired region and project.
3. On the console homepage, under Network, click Elastic IP.
4. On the displayed page, locate the row that contains the target EIP, click More and then Release in the Operation column.
5. Click Yes in the displayed dialog box.

Unbinding multiple EIPs at once

1. Log in to the management console.
2. Click in the upper left corner and select the desired region and project.
3. On the console homepage, under Network, click Elastic IP.
4. On the displayed page, select the EIPs to be unbound.
5. Click the Unbind button located above the EIP list.
6. Click Yes in the displayed dialog box.

Releasing multiple EIPs at once

1. Log in to the management console.
2. Click in the upper left corner and select the desired region and project.
3. On the console homepage, under Network, click Elastic IP.
4. On the displayed page, select the EIPs to be released.
5. Click the Release button located above the EIP list.
6. Click Yes in the displayed dialog box.

Parent topic: EIP