<p>Closes an Amazon Web Services member account within an organization. You can close an account when <a href="https://docs.aws.amazon.com/organizations/latest/userguide/orgs_manage_org_support-all-features.html">all features are enabled </a>. You can't close the management account with this API. This is an asynchronous request that Amazon Web Services performs in the background. Because <code>CloseAccount</code> operates asynchronously, it can return a successful completion message even though account closure might still be in progress. You need to wait a few minutes before the account is fully closed. To check the status of the request, do one of the following:</p> <ul> <li> <p>Use the <code>AccountId</code> that you sent in the <code>CloseAccount</code> request to provide as a parameter to the <a>DescribeAccount</a> operation. </p> <p>While the close account request is in progress, Account status will indicate PENDING_CLOSURE. When the close account request completes, the status will change to SUSPENDED. </p> </li> <li> <p>Check the CloudTrail log for the <code>CloseAccountResult</code> event that gets published after the account closes successfully. For information on using CloudTrail with Organizations, see <a href="https://docs.aws.amazon.com/organizations/latest/userguide/orgs_security_incident-response.html#orgs_cloudtrail-integration">Logging and monitoring in Organizations</a> in the <i>Organizations User Guide.</i> </p> </li> </ul> <note> <ul> <li> <p>You can close only 10% of member accounts, between 10 and 200, within a rolling 30 day period. This quota is not bound by a calendar month, but starts when you close an account.</p> <p>After you reach this limit, you can close additional accounts in the Billing console. For more information, see <a href="https://docs.aws.amazon.com/awsaccountbilling/latest/aboutv2/close-account.html">Closing an account</a> in the Amazon Web Services Billing and Cost Management User Guide.</p> </li> <li> <p>To reinstate a closed account, contact Amazon Web Services Support within the 90-day grace period while the account is in SUSPENDED status. </p> </li> <li> <p>If the Amazon Web Services account you attempt to close is linked to an Amazon Web Services GovCloud (US) account, the <code>CloseAccount</code> request will close both accounts. To learn important pre-closure details, see <a href="https://docs.aws.amazon.com/govcloud-us/latest/UserGuide/Closing-govcloud-account.html"> Closing an Amazon Web Services GovCloud (US) account</a> in the <i> Amazon Web Services GovCloud User Guide</i>.</p> </li> </ul> </note> <p>For more information about closing accounts, see <a href="https://docs.aws.amazon.com/organizations/latest/userguide/orgs_manage_accounts_close.html">Closing an Amazon Web Services account</a> in the <i>Organizations User Guide.</i> </p>

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