# Cancel a Capacity Reservation


You can cancel a Capacity Reservation that is in one of the following states:
+ `assessing`
+ `active` and there is no commitment duration or the commitment duration has elapsed. You can't cancel a future-dated Capacity Reservation during the commitment duration.

**Note**  
You can't modify or cancel a Capacity Block. For more information, see [Capacity Blocks for ML](ec2-capacity-blocks.md).

If a future-dated Capacity Reservation enters the `delayed` state, the commitment duration is waived, and you can cancel it as soon as it enters the `active` state.

When you cancel a Capacity Reservation, the capacity is released immediately, and it is no longer reserved for your use.

You can cancel empty Capacity Reservations and Capacity Reservations that have running instances. If you cancel a Capacity Reservation that has running instances, the instances continue to run normally outside of the capacity reservation at standard On-Demand Instance rates or at a discounted rate if you have a matching Savings Plans or Regional Reserved Instance.

After you cancel a Capacity Reservation, instances that target it can no longer launch. Modify these instances so that they either target a different Capacity Reservation, launch into any open Capacity Reservation with matching attributes and sufficient capacity, or avoid launching into a Capacity Reservation. For more information, see [Modify the Capacity Reservation settings of your instance](capacity-reservations-modify-instance.md).

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#### [ Console ]

**To cancel a Capacity Reservation**

1. Open the Amazon EC2 console at [https://console.aws.amazon.com/ec2/](https://console.aws.amazon.com/ec2/).

1. Choose **Capacity Reservations** and select the Capacity Reservation to cancel.

1. Choose **Cancel reservation**, **Cancel reservation**.

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#### [ AWS CLI ]

**To cancel a Capacity Reservation**  
Use the [cancel-capacity-reservation](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/reference/ec2/cancel-capacity-reservation.html) command.

```
aws ec2 cancel-capacity-reservation \
    --capacity-reservation-id cr-1234567890abcdef0
```

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#### [ PowerShell ]

**To cancel a Capacity Reservation**  
Use the [Remove-EC2CapacityReservation](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/powershell/latest/reference/items/Remove-EC2CapacityReservation.html) cmdlet.

```
Remove-EC2CapacityReservation `
    -CapacityReservationId cr-1234567890abcdef0
```

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