Detach an EBS Volume from an Instance

Before you Detach an EBS Volume

1. Freeze the volume (if supported by the file system)
2. Make sure that all files are closed and that there are no pending writes to the disk.

There are a couple of different ways you can detach an EBS Volume.

• Detach at the Server Level
• Detach at the Volume Level
  

Detach at the Server Level

To detach an EBS Volume from an instance, go to the Volumes tab of an instance and click the eraser button and confirm the action.

Detach at the Volume Level

Under Manage -> Storage -> EBS Volumes, click on the eraser button of a volume.

You can also click the Detach button from the homepage of a selected volume.