AWS Control Tower Close Account

Introduction- AWS control tower – How to remove Organization

In this blog, we will talk about AWS Control Tower Close Accounts. The AWS control tower close accounts makes it easy to manage your organization, but you need to follow a set of steps while leaving the organization.

The prerequisites for closing and deleting an account from the organization are:

    1. The payment method changed from invoice billing to a valid credit card
    2. Phone PIN verified

Log into the account using the root user 

Adding payment method

  1. Click on the account name on the top, then Payment methods on the side. And then add card details and click on continue.

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Raise support ticket via chat to verify pin

Graphical user interface, text, application Description automatically generated Choose the live chat option as they respond quickly on that. Later, they will call to verify the phone number entered in the billing details of the account. Make sure that it is your number.

  1. Once Account is Verified

Go to my Account from Root Account user and click Close account

Graphical user interface, text, application Description automatically generated Click on My account and follow the steps:

Scroll down to the bottom of the screen and tick the 4 boxes and click on the ‘Close Account’ button. Then you will get a confirmation message as seen below.

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Graphical user interface, application Description automatically generated Now log into the console and go to AWS Organizations. Then Select the Account that you want to remove, and click on the Actions drop down menu to select the “Remove form Organization” option.

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Common Errors faced in AWS Control Tower Close Account

  1. Graphical user interface, text, application, email Description automatically generated If Valid Payment method is not added then the account won’t be deleted.
  2. If Phone Pin verification is not completed, then account won’t be deleted.

Conclusion

In conclusion, Ensure that you follow all these steps properly to delete your AWS account from the organization permanently. At the same time, make sure that the account is removed from the AWS set of < Please update this section as well. Read more here

https://docs.aws.amazon.com/awsaccountbilling/latest/aboutv2/close-account.html

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