Can't Terminate my EC2 Instance

Question

How do I permanently terminate my EC2 instance i-02d2c9f4ce88cf135?  
  
I've tried from the CLI and Web Console but it keeps restarting and running. Short of reporting my CC stolen, how do I permanently kill the thing?  
  
Edited by: Colin A. White on Jun 10, 2020 2:50 PM

Answer

Hello Colin,  
  
I have checked your account and I can confirm that you are terminating the Instances correctly. After that action a new instance is actually re-created. It is not restarting.  
  
The reason behind this behavior is an Auto Scaling group which is configured to always check and make sure that 1 EC2 instance is running. Therefore if an instance is terminated, the Auto Scaling group will launch a new one.  
  
If this is not needed please delete the Auto Scaling group. You can follow this link: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/autoscaling/ec2/userguide/as-process-shutdown.html  
  
Thank you,  
VasosAWS

Can't Terminate my EC2 Instance

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