title: CloudWatch Log costing too much
body: <p>I've been doing some Amazon AWS tinkering for a project that pulls in a decent amount of data.  The majority of the services have been super cheap, however, log storage for Cloud Watch is dominating the bill, cloud watch log storage is $13 of the total $18 bill.  I'm already deleting logs as I go. </p>
  
  <p><a href="https://i.stack.imgur.com/JZQOT.png" rel="noreferrer"><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/JZQOT.png" alt="cloud watch usage"></a></p>
  
  <p><a href="https://i.stack.imgur.com/CZqoz.png" rel="noreferrer"><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/CZqoz.png" alt="cloud watch bill"></a></p>
  
  <p>How do I get rid of the logs from storage (removing the groups from the console doesn't seem to be doing it) or lower the cost of the logs (<a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/25093946/what-aws-cloudwatch-logs-are-using-for-storage">this</a> post indicated it should be $0.03/GB which mine is more than that) or something else?  </p>
  
  <p>What strategies are people using?</p>