Saving by Deleting Idle Resources

Idle resources can be Unassociated / Unallocated / Unattached / Unused / Inactive resources. They are a total waste (deletion = 100% savings), usually represent between 5 and 20% of your total opportunities and are easy to fix (minimal effort).

Duplicate CloudTrail trails

20 May 2026

AWS CloudTrail supports multiple trails, including trails that monitor the same events. The Security team usually creates a Management Events trail in every AWS account for audit purposes— this trail ...

Suppression des ressources inutilisées

NAT Gateways

20 May 2026

Unused NAT Gateways incur significant costs and should be deleted when no longer needed. Subtitles are available in English, French and Spanish. Click here to get the full masterclass. How to identify...

Suppression des ressources inutilisées

Idle Kinesis Data Streams

20 May 2026

A Kinesis Data Stream is considered idle when it has no traffic yet continues to incur hourly charges. Such streams should be deleted to avoid unnecessary costs. Subtitles are available in English, Fr...

Suppression des ressources inutilisées

Load Balancers

20 May 2026

A Load Balancer is considered idle when it processes no traffic yet continues to incur hourly charges. An unused load balancer costs $18 per month and is recommended for deletion to avoid unnecessary ...

Suppression des ressources inutilisées

Idle Elastic IP Addresses

20 May 2026

When you delete an EC2 Instance , its Elastic IP Address may remain allocated. Each unused Elastic IP costs $0.005 per hour , or $3.60 per month . Always verify that an Elastic IP is not in use before...

Suppression des ressources inutilisées

Unused Secrets (Secrets Manager)

20 May 2026

A secret in AWS Secrets Manager is considered unused when it is no longer needed but continues to incur monthly charges. Deleting unused secrets helps reduce costs and improve security. Subtitles are ...

Suppression des ressources inutilisées

RDS Manual Snapshots

20 May 2026

Automated Snapshots are preferred over Manual Snapshots for multiple reasons: Free Backup Storage Allowance: AWS provides free backup storage equivalent to 100% of your total database storage for each...

Suppression des ressources inutilisées

EBS Volumes

20 May 2026

Unused EBS Volumes — whether in an idle state (less than 1 IOPS operation per day) or unattached/available — incur a monthly cost . Always confirm that a volume is no longer needed before deleting it....

Suppression des ressources inutilisées

Old EBS Snapshots

20 May 2026

Amazon EBS Snapshots cost 50% less than EBS Volumes , but costs can accumulate quickly—especially with automatic snapshots. We recommend archiving or deleting snapshots older than 1 year. Archived sna...

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Idle EC2 Instances

20 May 2026

EC2 Idle Instances have a CPU Usage below 2% and are recommended to be deleted. Subtitles are available in English, French and Spanish. Click here to get the full masterclass. How to identify? From ou...

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RDS Instances

20 May 2026

Idle RDS Instances — those without active connections or sessions — still incur monthly costs. Subtitles are available in English, French and Spanish. Click here to get the full masterclass. How to id...

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VPC Endpoints

20 May 2026

A VPC Endpoint is considered idle when it has no or minimal traffic, yet continues to incur hourly charges. Such endpoints should be deleted to avoid unnecessary costs. Subtitles are available in Engl...

Suppression des ressources inutilisées