Delete an internet gateway - Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (original) (raw)
If you no longer need internet access for a VPC, you can detach the internet gateway from the VPC and then delete it. You can't delete an internet gateway if it's still attached to a VPC. You can't detach an internet gateway if the VPC has resources with associated public IP addresses or Elastic IP addresses.
To detach an internet gateway from a VPC using the console
- Open the Amazon VPC console athttps://console.aws.amazon.com/vpc/.
- In the navigation pane, choose Internet gateways.
- Select the check box for the internet gateway.
- To attach it, choose Actions, Attach to VPC, select an available VPC, and choose Attach internet gateway.
- To detach it, choose Actions, Detach from VPC and choose Detach internet gateway. When prompted for confirmation, choose Detach internet gateway.
To delete an internet gateway using the console
- Open the Amazon VPC console athttps://console.aws.amazon.com/vpc/.
- In the navigation pane, choose Internet gateways.
- Select the check box for the internet gateway.
- Choose Actions, Delete internet gateway.
- When prompted for confirmation, enter
delete
, and then choose Delete internet gateway.
Create an internet gateway
Egress-only internet gateways
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