# Cleaning up your example resources
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If you created your static website as a learning exercise, you should delete the AWS resources that you allocated so that you no longer accrue charges. After you delete your AWS resources, your website is no longer available.

**Topics**
+ [Step 1: Delete the Amazon CloudFront distribution](#getting-started-cleanup-cloudfront)
+ [Step 2: Delete the Route 53 hosted zone](#getting-started-cleanup-route53)
+ [Step 3: Disable logging and delete your S3 bucket](#getting-started-cleanup-s3)

## Step 1: Delete the Amazon CloudFront distribution
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Before you delete an Amazon CloudFront distribution, you must disable it. A disabled distribution is no longer functional and does not accrue charges. You can enable a disabled distribution at any time. After you delete a disabled distribution, it is no longer available.

**To disable and delete a CloudFront distribution**

1. Open the CloudFront console at [https://console.aws.amazon.com/cloudfront/v4/home](https://console.aws.amazon.com/cloudfront/v4/home).

1. Select the distribution that you want to disable, and then choose **Disable**.

1. When prompted for confirmation, choose **Yes, Disable**.

1. Select the disabled distribution, and then choose **Delete**.

1. When prompted for confirmation, choose **Yes, Delete**.

## Step 2: Delete the Route 53 hosted zone
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Before you delete the hosted zone, you must delete the record sets that you created. You don't need to delete the NS and SOA records; these are automatically deleted when you delete the hosted zone.

**To delete the record sets**

1. Open the Route 53 console at [https://console.aws.amazon.com/route53/](https://console.aws.amazon.com/route53/).

1.  In the list of domain names, select your domain name, and then choose **Go to Record Sets**. 

1. In the list of record sets, select the *A* records that you created. 

   The type of each record set is listed in the **Type** column. 

1. Choose **Delete Record Set**. 

1. When prompted for confirmation, choose **Confirm**. 

**To delete a Route 53 hosted zone**

1.  Continuing from the previous procedure, choose **Back to Hosted Zones**. 

1.  Select your domain name, and then choose **Delete Hosted Zone**. 

1.  When prompted for confirmation, choose **Confirm**. 

## Step 3: Disable logging and delete your S3 bucket
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Before you delete your S3 bucket, make sure that logging is disabled for the bucket. Otherwise, AWS continues to write logs to your bucket as you delete it.

**To disable logging for a bucket**

1. Open the Amazon S3 console at [https://console.aws.amazon.com/s3/](https://console.aws.amazon.com/s3/).

1. Under **Buckets**, choose your bucket name, and then choose **Properties**.

1. From **Properties**, choose **Logging**.

1. Clear the **Enabled** check box.

1. Choose **Save**.

Now, you can delete your bucket. For more information, see [Deleting a general purpose bucket](delete-bucket.md).