View projects linked to Cloud Billing accounts

A Cloud Billing account defines who pays for a given set of resources, and it can be linked to one or more projects. Project usage is charged to the linked Cloud Billing account. In most cases, you configure billing when you create a project.

If you're managing billing for projects under a cost center or if you need to close your Cloud Billing account, you'll need to know which projects are linked to your Cloud Billing account.

View the projects linked to a billing account

Permissions required to complete this task

To view the list of projects linked to a Cloud Billing account, you need a role that includes the following permission on your Cloud Billing account:

To gain this permission, ask your administrator to grant you one of the following Cloud Billing IAM roles on your Cloud Billing account:

  • Billing Account Viewer
  • Billing Account Costs Manager
  • Billing Account Administrator

How to view the projects linked to a billing account

Follow these steps to open a billing account and then view a list of projects linked to that billing account.

  1. In the Google Cloud console, go to the Account management page for the Cloud Billing account.

    Go to Account Management page

  2. At the prompt, choose the Cloud Billing account that you want to view.

  3. On the Account management page, linked projects are listed under Projects linked to this billing account.

A padlock icon displays next to each project that's locked to its linked Cloud Billing account. For information on unlocking or locking this link, see Secure the link between a project and its billing account

For information about changing the billing account for a project, see Enable, disable, or change billing for a project.

Permissions required to complete this task

To view a tabular list of all your projects and their linked Cloud Billing, you need a role that includes the following permission on each of your projects:

To gain this permission, ask your administrator to grant you one of the following roles on your projects:

  • Project Viewer
  • Project Editor
  • Project Owner

Follow these steps to view a list of all your projects and the billing account linked to each project.

  1. In the Google Cloud console, go to the Manage Billing Accounts page.

    Go to Manage Billing Accounts page

  2. Select the My projects tab.

    You'll see a table that lists of all of your projects, and the associated billing account name and billing account ID. If a billing account isn't linked to a project, in the Billing account column, you see Billing is disabled.

A padlock icon displays next to each project that's locked to its linked Cloud Billing account. For information on unlocking or locking this link, see Secure the link between a project and its billing account

For information on enabling billing on a project, see Enable billing for an existing project.

For information about changing the billing account for a project, see Enable, disable, or change billing for a project.

Verify the status of the linked billing account

A Cloud Billing account can be closed or suspended at anytime, causing billing to become disabled on all projects that remain linked to that account. Learn how to confirm the status of the linked Cloud Billing account