Why was my instance of Secrets Manager deleted?

You try to access your instance of IBM Cloud® Secrets Manager, but it was removed from your account.

Your instance of Secrets Manager is missing from your account.

Your instance of the service might have been deleted for one of two reasons.

Instances on the Trial plan are only available for 30 days. If when the trial period ends, you choose not to upgrade your plan, the instance is removed from your account.

If you were working with an instance of the service on the Trial plan that was deleted, you can restore your instance for 7 days through the reclamation process. However, to continue working with the reclaimed instance, you must upgrade the instance to the Standard plan within 1 hour.