Elastic IP cannot be disassociated

Question

I have an Elastic IP that is sort of stuck in limbo.  When I select that Elastic IP and then select Actions ... Release, I get this message: The following addresses cannot be released because they are associated.  But Actions ... Disassociate Elastic IP Address is grayed out, so I can't disassociate it.  This is NOT the "locked to your account" error message, and the Elastic IP is not listed in my VPC console.  Thoughts?

Abhinav Chauhan · Answer

Hello Mark,

Using the AWS CLI can sometimes help you bypass issues with the console.
You can try aws **ec2 describe-addresses --region your-region** and then try to disassociate and release the eip.

Let me know if you nee more help

Thanks

Riku_Kobayashi · Answer

Hello.

Is it possible that ElasticIP is registered as rDNS as mentioned in the documentation below?  
In that case, you need to cancel it by following the steps in the document.  
https://repost.aws/knowledge-center/ec2-address-errors

Elastic IP cannot be disassociated

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