How to see all running Amazon EC2 instances across all regions?

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GorvGoyl picture GorvGoyl · Feb 7, 2017 · Viewed 53.8k times · Source

I switch instances between different regions frequently and sometimes I forget to turn off my running instance from a different region. I couldn't find any way to see all the running instances on Amazon console.
Is there any way to display all the running instances regardless of region?

Answer

Heinrich Filter picture Heinrich Filter · Aug 16, 2018

A non-obvious GUI option is Resource Groups > Tag Editor. Here you can find all instances across all regions, even if the instances were not tagged. Screen capture of

EDIT: This screen was recently redesigned and now has a new look and an "All regions" option.

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