# Return Credit To earn credit for shrinking the size of your reservation (at the “Return Credit” rate included in your reservation), navigate to the “Instances” tab of the console and click the “manage” button on the reservation. From there, you can select which instances to return. Only paused instances can be returned. If an instance is running, pause it first and then return it. Returning instances is a non-reversible operation. The size of your reservation will be reduced by the number of instances returned and you cannot re-add them to this reservation. --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://docs.mithril.ai/compute-and-storage/reserving-compute/return-credit.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.