Removing a Protected Website from WAF

This topic describes how to remove a website from WAF if you no longer need to protect it.

Before removing a website from WAF, go to your DNS provider and resolve your domain name to the IP address of the origin server, or the traffic to your domain name cannot be routed to the origin server.

Prerequisites

A website domain name has been added to WAF.

Impact on the System

It takes about a minute to remove a website from WAF, but once this action is started, it cannot be cancelled. Exercise caution when removing a website from WAF.

Procedure

  1. Log in to the management console.
  2. Click in the upper left corner of the management console and select a region or project.
  3. Click in the upper left corner and choose Web Application Firewall (Dedicated) under Security.
  4. In the navigation pane on the left, choose Website Settings.
  5. In the row containing the website domain name you want to delete, click Delete in the Operation column.
  6. In the displayed confirmation dialog box, confirm the deletion.

    If you want to retain the policy applied to the domain name, select Retain the policy of this domain name.

    Figure 1 Deleting a protected domain name from WAF

  7. Click OK.

    If Domain name deleted successfully is displayed in the upper right corner, the domain name of the website was deleted.

Parent topic: Website Domain Name Management