Closing An AWS Account - AWS Organizations - AWS Documentation

Closing a member account in an organization with AWS Organizations - AWS OrganizationsDocumentationAWS OrganizationsUser GuideClose a member account

If you no longer need a member account in your organization, you can close it from the AWS Organizations console following the instructions in this topic. You can only close a member account using the AWS Organizations console if your organization is in All features mode.

You can also close an AWS account directly from the Account page in the AWS Management Console after signing in as the root user. For step-by-step instructions, see Close an AWS account in the AWS Account Management Guide.

To close a management account, see Closing a management account in your organization.

Close a member account

When you sign in to the organization's management account, you can close member accounts that are part of your organization. To do this, complete the following steps.

Important

Before you close your member account, we highly recommend that you review considerations and understand the impact for closing an account. For more information, see What you need to know before closing your account and What to expect after you close your account in the AWS Account Management Guide.

AWS Management Console

To close a member account from the AWS Organizations console

1. Sign in to the AWS Organizations console. You must sign in as an IAM user, or sign in as the root user (not recommended) in the organization’s management account.

2. On the AWS accounts page, find and choose the name of the member account you want to close. You can navigate the OU hierarchy, or look at a flat list of accounts without the OU structure.

3. Choose Close next to the account name at the top of the page. This option is only available when an AWS organization is in All features mode.

   Note

   If your organization is using Consolidated billing mode, you won't be able to see the Close button in the console. To close an account in consolidated billing mode, sign in to the account you want to close as the root user. On the Accounts page, choose the Close account button, enter your account ID, and then choose the Close account button.

4. Read and ensure that you understand the account closure guidance.

5. Enter the member account ID, and then choose Close account.

Note

Any member account that you close will display a CLOSED label next to its account name in the AWS Organizations console for up to 90 days after the original closure date. After 90 days, the member account will be permanently closed and will no longer be displayed in the AWS Organizations console. Please note that it may take a few days for the account to be removed from the organization after permanent closure.

To close a member account from the Accounts page

Optionally, you can close an AWS member account directly from the Accounts page in the AWS Management Console. For step-by-step guidance, follow the instructions in Close an AWS account in the AWS Account Management Guide.

AWS CLI & AWS SDKs

To close an AWS account

You can use one of the following commands to close an AWS account:

• AWS CLI: close-account

  $ aws organizations close-account \ --account-id 123456789012

  This command produces no output when successful.

• AWS SDKs: CloseAccount

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