How to resize memory in EC2 instance in AWS?

Please find steps below to increase or decrease memory for the EC2 instances. For example, if your t2.micro instance is too small for its workload, you can change it to an m3.medium instance.

1. Go to AWS console, choose the instance, instance state, click on stop the instance.
2. once stopped, go to Instance settings, change Instance type to desired type
3. Start the instance again.

That's it. You don't have to create a new instance. This is how you do it!