You can directly release pay-as-you-go clusters or expired subscription clusters. If you want to release a subscription cluster that is not expired, you must request a refund before you release the cluster. This topic describes how to release a pay-as-you-go cluster.
Precautions
- After a cluster is released, the data stored on the cluster cannot be restored. We recommend that you back up data before you release a cluster. For more information, see Create manual snapshots and restore data from manual snapshots.
- Release protection can be performed for a cluster up to three times. Proceed with caution.