Linode Still Charging After Powering Off: You Must Delete It
Quick answer
A powered-off Linode is still billed. Charges accrue for any service on the account; only deleting the Linode (and its backups, volumes, extra IPs) stops them.
Most likely fix: Delete the service
How to fix it
Try these in order — the most common fix is first.
1. Delete the service
- In Cloud Manager open Linodes, click the three dots menu on the instance and choose Delete
- Confirm; the data is irretrievable and its Backup service is deleted too, so back up first
Did this fix it?2. Check other services
- Review Volumes, NodeBalancers, Object Storage, Cloud Firewalls and extra IPv4 addresses and delete the ones you do not need
- Check Account > Billing for the invoice line items
Did this fix it?3. Understand the billing
- Billing is hourly, rounded up, with a monthly cap per service
- Deleting mid-month means you pay only for the time the service existed
- Invoices are generated on the first of the month, and a mid-month bill can be charged when a threshold (initially $50) is reached
Did this fix it?
Symptoms
Invoices keep arriving after you shut a Linode down and are not using it.
Why it happens
- Powered-off instances are still a service reserved for you
- Backups, block storage, NodeBalancers and additional IPs bill separately
- Resizing creates a separate billable line item
This guide also covers
- linode still charging after power off
- linode stop billing
- linode charged after deleting
- linode powered off billing
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