Can't see my EC2 instances on the management console?

Question

I'm a beginner to AWS and servers in general

I logged into AWS on laptop 1 and set up an EC2 instance. Next day I logged into AWS console on laptop 2, then the instance was gone. So I set up another EC2 instance to play with. Then logging into the console using a third laptop 3 the day after that, I found my first instance but not the second...

The second instance is still running as I can access the IP..

Any idea why this is happening? It's really confusing and annoying

Thanks!

Answer 1

The most likely explanation is that you have inadvertently switched region. Look in the top right of the interface just to the right of your username. Verify that you are in the region that you expect to be.

The EC2 instances can be placed in any of the regions, but you will only see the EC2 instances for the region that you are currently viewing.

Answer 2

Ok I found the answer.

I somehow ended up making multiple accounts under the same email address (don't ask). Didn't realise it was possible.

Anyway hope this helps