# AMI quotas in Amazon EC2
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The following quotas apply to creating and sharing AMIs. The quotas apply per AWS Region.


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| Quota name | Description | Default quota per Region | 
| --- | --- | --- | 
| AMIs | The maximum number of public and private AMIs allowed per Region. These include available, pending, and disabled AMIs, and AMIs in the Recycle Bin. | 50,000 | 
| Public AMIs | The maximum number of public AMIs, including public AMIs in the Recycle Bin, allowed per Region. | 5 | 
| AMI sharing | The maximum number of entities (organizations, organizational units (OUs), and accounts) that an AMI can be shared with in a Region. Note that if you share an AMI with an organization or OU, the number of accounts in the organization or OU does not count towards the quota. | 1,000 | 

If you exceed your quotas and you want to create or share more AMIs, you can do the following:
+ If you exceed your total AMIs or public AMIs quota, consider deregistering unused images.
+ If you exceed your public AMIs quota, consider making one or more public AMIs private.
+ If you exceed your AMI sharing quota, consider sharing your AMIs with an organization or OU instead of separate accounts.
+ Request a quota increase for AMIs.

## Request a quota increase for AMIs
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If you need more than the default quota for AMIs, you can request a quota increase.

**To request a quota increase for AMIs**

1. Open the Service Quotas console at [https://console.aws.amazon.com/servicequotas/](https://console.aws.amazon.com/servicequotas/).

1. In the navigation pane, choose **AWS services**.

1. Choose **Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2)** from the list, or type the name of the service in the search box.

1. Choose the AMI quota to request an increase. The AMI quotas you can select are:
   + AMIs
   + Public AMIs
   + AMI sharing

1. Choose **Request quota increase**.

1. For **Change quota value**, enter the new quota value, and then choose **Request**.

To view any pending or recently resolved requests, choose **Dashboard** from the navigation pane. For pending requests, choose the status of the request to open the request receipt. The initial status of a request is **Pending**. After the status changes to **Quota requested**, you'll see the case number under **Support Center case number**. Choose the case number to open the ticket for your request.

After the request is resolved, the **Applied quota value** for the quota is set to the new value.

For more information, see the [Service Quotas User Guide](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/servicequotas/latest/userguide/request-quota-increase.html).