If you no longer need a resource directory, you can disable it.
Impacts
- The organizational structure and policies created in this resource directory are cleared.
- Data in trusted services that are activated are cleared. For example, if you create a multi-account trail in ActionTrail, the data of the multi-account trail in ActionTrail will be cleared after you disable your resource directory.
- Features that depend on the resource directory in trusted services may be unavailable. For example, the multi-account permission management feature of CloudSSO is available only when the resource directory is enabled.
Warning A disabled resource directory cannot be recovered. Therefore, proceed with caution.
Prerequisites
- The resource directory that you want to disable does not contain members.
- You can remove members of the cloud account type from the resource directory. For more information, see Remove a member.
- If a member of the resource account type has resources and you may use the member in the future, we recommend that you switch the member from a resource account to a cloud account and remove the member from the resource directory. For more information, see Switch a resource account to a cloud account.
- If a member of the resource account type is no longer used, delete the member from the resource directory. For more information, see Enable or disable the member deletion feature and Delete a member of the resource account type. Warning After a member of the resource account type is deleted, it cannot be retrieved. Therefore, proceed with caution.
- The resource directory that you want to disable contains only the Root folder.
For more information, see Delete a folder.
- The Control Policy feature is disabled.
For more information, see Disable the Control Policy feature.
Procedure
- Log on to the Resource Management console.
- In the left-side navigation pane, choose .
- In the Disable Resource Directory section, click Disable Resource Directory.