Google Cloud - Free Tier - Remove all resources

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Hi all, recently I tried the GCP free tier for a personal learning project (DataTalks.Club - DE Zoomcamp).
Its over, so went ahead and destroyed everything via terraform destroy.

How to be 100% sure that there are no running instances/ projects?

I read that deleting the projects allows complete cleanup, which I did. So, wanted to check if there is something else I can check for.

I am not very familiar with these cloud services, so a bit apprehensive.

A quick command line/ web console link I can navigate to?

Thanks in advance.

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  • zgatozgato
    edited May 14

    You can check your daily expenses at https://console.cloud.google.com/billing / reports table and filter by date

    If it's been over 24h and you don't see anything there, you should be fine. You can also remove your billing account to be 100% sure.

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  • localhostlocalhost OG

    @zgato said:
    You can check your daily expenses at https://console.cloud.google.com/billing

    If it's been over 24h and you don't see anything there, you should be fine. You can also remove your billing account to be 100% sure.

    Thanks, will check tomorrow.

    Any pointers to delete the billing account?

  • zgatozgato

    @localhost said:

    @zgato said:
    You can check your daily expenses at https://console.cloud.google.com/billing

    If it's been over 24h and you don't see anything there, you should be fine. You can also remove your billing account to be 100% sure.

    Thanks, will check tomorrow.

    Any pointers to delete the billing account?

    https://console.cloud.google.com/billing/manage

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  • localhostlocalhost OG

    So I don't see any projects any more.

    And on the billing management screen, Close this billing account is what i need to so, correct?

    If I plan to eventually use some always free tier service will this be impacted?

  • zgatozgato

    @localhost said:
    So I don't see any projects any more.

    And on the billing management screen, Close this billing account is what i need to so, correct?

    If I plan to eventually use some always free tier service will this be impacted?

    For what I understand, yes.

    Always free stuff should still be fine even if you delete your billing account since you can just create a new one. You won't get the $300 free tier credit though AFAIK.

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  • havochavoc OGContent WriterSenpai
    edited May 14

    You don't need to screw with the global billing. You can disable specific ones under billing -> account mgmt

    Think it may force delete some things in the projects though depending on details

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