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Delete a read-only instance
Managing read-only instance
Delete a read-only instance
Delete a read-only instance
This topic describes how to delete a read-only instance in the RDS for SQL Server console.
An RDS for SQL Server instance has been created and meets the following conditions. For more information about how to create an instance, see Create an instance. - Compatible versions: SQL Server 2019 Enterprise Edition or SQL Server 2022 Enterprise Edition.
When you delete a read-only instance, the only backup policy option is to not retain backups.
- In the upper-left corner of the top menu bar, select the project and region of the instance.
- In the left navigation pane, click Instances.
- On the Instances page, click the icon to the left of the target instance
to expand and view the read-only instances under it.
- In the Actions column of the target read-only instance, click ··· > Delete an instance.
- In the Are you sure you want to delete the selected instance? dialog box, confirm the information of the target read-only instance and enter the name of the instance to be deleted.
- Click the Delete button to delete the read-only instance.
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