# Release a phone number in AWS End User Messaging SMS
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If you don't need a phone number that you had previously requested through AWS End User Messaging SMS anymore, you can release it from your AWS End User Messaging SMS account. When you release a number, AWS stops charging you for it in your bill for the next calendar month.

**Important**  
Releasing a phone number from your AWS End User Messaging SMS account is permanent and can't be undone. If you release a phone number, you won't be able to obtain the same number again in the future.  
Deletion protection has to be disabled before you can release a phone number. For more information on deletion protection, see [Using phone number deletion protection in AWS End User Messaging SMS](phone-numbers-deletion-protection.md). 

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#### [ Release a phone number (Console) ]

To release a phone number from your AWS End User Messaging SMS account using the AWS End User Messaging SMS console, follow these steps:

**Release a phone number (Console)**

1. Open the AWS End User Messaging SMS console at [https://console.aws.amazon.com/sms-voice/](https://console.aws.amazon.com/sms-voice/).

1. In the navigation pane, under **Configurations**, choose **Phone numbers**.

1. Choose the phone number that you want to release and then choose **Release phone number**.

1. On the **Release phone number** window enter **release** and choose **Release phone number**.

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#### [ Release a phone number (AWS CLI) ]

You can use the [release-phone-number](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/reference/pinpoint-sms-voice-v2/release-phone-number.html) CLI to *release* phone numbers from your account. 

```
$ aws pinpoint-sms-voice-v2 release-phone-number \
> --phone-number-id phoneNumberId
```

In the preceding command, replace *phoneNumberId* with the unique ID or Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the phone number.

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