Route 53 charge for nothing

Question

While taking a class, I purchased a domain name through Route 53, used it for a bit, and then transferred it out of AWS.  I am still getting billed $0.50/month for basically nothing.  While fifty cents is not going to kill me, being billed for AWS to do nothing for me does not sit will with me.  How do I fix this?

Accepted Answer

Hi,

When you register a domain with AWS Route53, it automatically creates a hosted zone for you.

It displays this information during the review and submit step of the domain registration.

"DNS management fee : Route 53 automatically creates a hosted zone for each new domain you register."

It is clearly mentioned in the documentation as well.
https://aws.amazon.com/getting-started/hands-on/get-a-domain/

You are getting charged $.50 per month for the hosted zone created during domain registration process. AWS Route53 pricing information is available here
https://aws.amazon.com/route53/pricing/

Once you delete the hosted zone you should be good. Steps to delete the public hosted zone is mentioned here
https://docs.aws.amazon.com/Route53/latest/DeveloperGuide/DeleteHostedZone.html

I hope this helps you with the query.

Thanks,
Abhishek

Route 53 charge for nothing

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