How to Disable Network Intelligence Center Features to Prevent Unexpected Costs?

[Haruya]

Hello Google Cloud Community,

I have been studying and working on launching instances using Compute Engine. However, I have noticed unexpected costs associated with the following items:

• Network Intelligence Center Network Analyzer Resource Hours (9BF8-CD36-F9B8)
• Network Intelligence Center Topology and Google Cloud Performance Resource Hours (D9AD-28F8-05D8)
• Network Intelligence Center Internet to Google Cloud Performance Resource Hours (BDBA-22FA-3925)

To avoid incurring these costs, I am considering disabling these features. However, I am unsure of how to proceed with this.

Could anyone provide detailed instructions on how to disable these specific features to prevent further costs?

Thank you very much for your assistance.

Best regards,

Haruya

[DamianS]

Hello @Haruya ,Welcome on Google Cloud Community.

If you want to permanently disable those services, please follow:

1. Go to your project, where you want to disable APIs
2. Search for APIs and Services

3. ENABLE APIS AND SERVICES → Search for networkmanagement.googleapis.com

4. MANAGE → DISABLE API

or if you prefer CLI

1. Go to your project and open CLI terminal ( top right corner )
2. Execute following command :

gcloud services disable networkmanagement.googleapis.com

3. If you will get prompt about Authorization, click Authorize

PS: You can check what resources are assigned into networkmanagement.googleapis.com via Asset Inventory.

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cheers,
DamianS
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[Haruya]

Hi DamianS,

Thanks for your prompt and helpful response. I followed the steps you outlined to disable the networkmanagement.googleapis.com API, both through the Google Cloud Console and the CLI, but I’m still encountering some issues.
When I try to disable the API through the console, I receive an error message stating that the API has resources in use and needs to be deactivated before it can be disabled. I’ve checked the Asset Inventory, but I don’t see any resources associated with the API.
I’ve also tried disabling the API using the CLI command gcloud services disable networkmanagement.googleapis.com, but I get an authorization error. I’ve made sure that I’m logged in to the correct project and that I have the necessary permissions, but the error persists.
I’m at a bit of a loss here. Any suggestions on how I can proceed? I’d really appreciate any further assistance you can provide.

Thanks again for your help.

Best regards,
Haruya

[marycolley]

Hi Haruya,

Thank you for your question. These SKUs are 100% discounted. There is no need to disable these features. Feel free to refer to https://cloud.google.com/network-intelligence-center/pricing for more information.

Hope this helps,

Mary

[DamianS]

Hello,

Please search for Connectivity Test. I’ve had two connectivity tests ( have no idea how they have been configured xd) and I’ve received the same issue as you. Remove them, and you should be able to disable API.

[abhishek0010]

This post saved me. Thanks @DamianS .
@marycolley This feature is free for 20 runs only. And I just enabled this API as suggested by Gemini but it has done 1610 runs in 3 weeks without any intervention.

[smit890]

I have same issue to disable Unexpected Costs