Orphaned ECS Disks are one of the most common sources of wasted cloud spend in Alibaba Cloud. They often get left behind when instances are terminated or projects are deleted.

The Manual Way (Hard)

To find these manually in Alibaba Cloud Console:

  1. Log in to the Alibaba Cloud Console.
  2. Navigate to the Compute/Storage section.
  3. Filter for resources with status "Available" or "Unattached".
  4. Check the "Last Attached" date to ensure safety.
  5. Select and delete each one manually.

Repeating this for every region is tedious and error-prone.

The Automated Way (Easy)

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