How to remove Cloudwatch metrics cost?

Question

In my AWS billing table, there is this line:

| Description | Usage Quantity | Amount in USD |
| --- | --- | --- |
| $0.30 per metric-month for the first 10,000 metrics - US East (Northern Virginia) | 412.645 Metrics	 | USD 123.79 |

I want to reduce this cost and to do that, I need to see which metrics I won't want. However, I couldn't find the list of metrics I have enabled on my AWS Environment. Hence, I want help in locating these 412+ metrics and in deleting them.

Answer

Hi,

you have to go to the console > CloudWatch > Metrics

Then, you'll see something like the below where you can see all the metrics that are activated in your account and the service to which they relate.

As you can see, it's 929 in my account

![Enter image description here](/media/postImages/original/IMU5rL4EgLTVa5gWFhn6PEsg)

Best,

Didier

Answer

You need to start analysing why you are charged for CloudWatch, then you will be able to disable the feature you don't want:

Please check this article:

**CloudWatch billing and cost**
https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonCloudWatch/latest/monitoring/cloudwatch_billing.html

How to remove Cloudwatch metrics cost?

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