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[https://aws.amazon.com/lightsail/ AWS Lightsail] is a set of services within Amazon Web Services that provides virtual-servers with popular pre-configured software options - such as a Wordpress server. It is notable for more-or-less instant setup speed and low cost operation.

The Lightsail service also includes external IP addresses, to make your server internet publicly accessible, as well as snapshots and backups~~. Standard things a server service should have~~.

The Lightsail service also includes external IP addresses, to make your server internet publicly accessible, as well as snapshots and backups.

=== ~~So You Are Done With Your Server~~ ===

===AWS Lightsail charging for deleted servers===

~~No problem,~~ Lightsail offers a ~~not-to-difficult to find removal~~ button~~. They~~ ask~~, as such services are wont to do,~~ multiple times if you wish to delete your server - noting you will lose your server and its contents. ~~You confirm~~.

Lightsail offers a clear remove button, and upon pressing it ask multiple times if you wish to delete your server - noting you will lose your server and its contents. The server then disappears from Lightsail page, but the client is still charged for the server.

~~Server disappears from Lightsail page~~.

This is explained by AWS Customer Service revealing that deleting servers does not automatically delete screenshots and backups within that server.

~~'''A month later, server does NOT disappear from your bill.'''~~

Per AWS, if a backup, snapshot, or resource (like an IP address) associated with a server still exists - it is billable even though the server or service is gone.

~~Two months later, server does NOT disappear from your bill.~~

~~=== Multiple chats with AWS Billing Rep later ===~~

~~Billing rep keeps referring to your operating service. You keep referring to the fact you deleted the service.~~

~~Eventually it comes out that although the SERVER is deleted, and although the SERVICE is gone from the Lightsail home page,~~

~~the SNAPSHOTS & BACKUPS DO NOT GET DELETED when you delete the SERVICE and SERVICE they are from.~~

Per AWS, if a backup, snapshot, or resource (like an IP address) associated with a server still exists - it is ~~BILLABLE~~ even though the server or service is gone.

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 [https://aws.amazon.com/lightsail/ AWS Lightsail] is a set of services within Amazon Web Services that provides virtual-servers with popular pre-configured software options - such as a Wordpress server. It is notable for more-or-less instant setup speed and low cost operation.
-The Lightsail service also includes external IP addresses, to make your server internet publicly accessible, as well as snapshots and backups.  Standard things a server service should have.
+The Lightsail service also includes external IP addresses, to make your server internet publicly accessible, as well as snapshots and backups.
-=== So You Are Done With Your Server ===
+===AWS Lightsail charging for deleted servers===
-No problem, Lightsail offers a not-to-difficult to find removal button.  They ask, as such services are wont to do, multiple times if you wish to delete your server - noting you will lose your server and its contents.  You confirm.
+Lightsail offers a clear remove button, and upon pressing it ask multiple times if you wish to delete your server - noting you will lose your server and its contents. The server then disappears from Lightsail page, but the client is still charged for the server.
-Server disappears from Lightsail page.
+This is explained by AWS Customer Service revealing that deleting servers does not automatically delete screenshots and backups within that server.
-'''A month later, server does NOT disappear from your bill.'''
+Per AWS, if a backup, snapshot, or resource (like an IP address) associated with a server still exists - it is billable even though the server or service is gone.
-Two months later, server does NOT disappear from your bill.
-=== Multiple chats with AWS Billing Rep later ===
-Billing rep keeps referring to your operating service.  You keep referring to the fact you deleted the service.
-Eventually it comes out that although the SERVER is deleted, and although the SERVICE is gone from the Lightsail home page,
-the SNAPSHOTS & BACKUPS DO NOT GET DELETED when you delete the SERVICE and SERVICE they are from.
-Per AWS, if a backup, snapshot, or resource (like an IP address) associated with a server still exists - it is BILLABLE even though the server or service is gone.