Updated on 2025-01-20 GMT+08:00

Deleting a Dedicated Load Balancer

Scenarios

You can delete a load balancer if you on longer need it.

Back up the data if necessary. The data will be deleted immediately after you delete or unsubscribe from the load balancers and cannot be restored.

Notes and Constraints

  • If modification protection is enabled for a load balancer, you need to disable modification protection on the Summary tab of the load balancer before deleting it.
  • If modification protection is enabled for the listener added to a load balancer, you need to disable modification protection on the Summary tab of the listener before deleting the load balancer.
  • If modification protection is enabled for the backend server group associated with the load balancer, you need to disable modification protection on the Basic Information area in the Summary tab of the backend server group before deleting the load balancer.

Deleting a Pay-per-Use Load Balancer

After a public network load balancer is deleted, its EIP will not be released and can be used by other resources.

  1. Go to the load balancer list page.
  2. On the displayed page, locate the target load balancer and choose More > Delete in the Operation column.

    A confirmation dialog box is displayed.

  3. Select "Delete the associated backend server groups (If a backend server group is associated with other load balancers, it cannot be deleted.)" if you need.
  4. In the displayed dialog box, enter DELETE.
  5. Click OK.