How to delete instance in EC2

Question

How can I delete an instance in Amazon EC2? I terminated the instance but still, it was showing in the instance list table. I want to know a few things related to this: Is there any significant difference b/w Delete and Terminate? What is the use of terminated instances? What are the cases in which an instance gets terminated?

Answer 1

Terminating your instance is essentially deleting it, it will take some time to get reflected on your dashboard which essentially means that it won't appear on your instance list table. There is no use of terminated instances and once you terminate your instances, it means you have completely lost that particular instance.

But if during the time of the creation of your instance, you had enabled the option called Protect against accidental termination, then you will not be able to terminate without disabling this option.

But in your instance table if the Instance State column has the value terminated it means your instance is deleted and you can no longer use it.