# Step 7 – Terminate the temporary instance
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After you have confirmed that your AMI works as intended with AWS PCS, you can terminate the temporary instance to stop incurring charges for it. 

**To terminate the temporary instance**

1.  Open the [Amazon EC2 console](https://console.aws.amazon.com/ec2). 

1.  In the navigation pane, choose **Instances**. 

1.  Select the temporary instance that you created and choose **Actions**, **Instance state**, **Terminate instance**. 

1.  When prompted to confirm, choose **Terminate**.