---
title: Delete
url: https://docs.vultr.com/products/network/load-balancer/management/delete
description: Learn how to permanently remove a Vultr Load Balancer from your account when its no longer needed.
publish_date: 2024-09-23T20:20:54.248501Z
last_updated: 2026-05-26T19:55:46.167580Z
---

# How to Delete a Vultr Load Balancer

Deleting a Vultr Load Balancer involves removing the Load Balancer from your Vultr account, which terminates its service and stops all associated traffic distribution. This action will cease the load balancing operations and clear any related configurations, effectively halting the management of incoming traffic across your servers.

Follow this guide to delete a Vultr Load Balancer on your Vultr account using the Vultr Console, API, CLI, or Terraform.

=== "Vultr Console"

    1. Navigate to **Products** and click **Load Balancers**.
    1. Click your target Load Balancer to open its management page.
    1. Click **Destroy Load Balancer**  in the top-right corner of the management page.
    1. Click **Delete Load Balancer** to permanently delete the target Load Balancer instance.

=== "Vultr API"

    1. Send a `GET` request to the [**List Load Balancers** endpoint](https://www.vultr.com/api/#tag/load-balancer/operation/list-load-balancers) and note the target Load Balancer's ID.

        ```console
        $ curl "https://api.vultr.com/v2/load-balancers" \
            -X GET \
            -H "Authorization: Bearer ${VULTR_API_KEY}"
        ```

    1. Send a `DELETE` request to the [**Delete Load Balancer** endpoint](https://www.vultr.com/api/#tag/load-balancer/operation/delete-load-balancer) to delete the target Load Balancer.

        ```console
        $ curl "https://api.vultr.com/v2/load-balancers/{load-balancer-id}" \
            -X DELETE \
            -H "Authorization: Bearer ${VULTR_API_KEY}"
        ```

=== "Vultr CLI"

    1. List all available instances and note the target Load Balancer's ID.

        ```console
        $ vultr-cli load-balancer list
        ```

    1. Delete the target Load Balancer.

        ```console
        $ vultr-cli load-balancer delete <load-balancer-id>
        ```

=== "Terraform"

    1. Open your Terraform configuration file for the existing Load Balancer.

    1. Remove the `vultr_load_balancer` resource block, or destroy it by target.

        ```terraform
        resource "vultr_load_balancer" "lb" {
            region              = "ewr"
            label               = "vultr-load-balancer"
            balancing_algorithm = "roundrobin"
        
            forwarding_rules {
                frontend_protocol = "http"
                frontend_port     = 82
                backend_protocol  = "http"
                backend_port      = 81
            }
        
            health_check {
                path                = "/test"
                port                = 8080
                protocol            = "http"
                response_timeout    = 1
                unhealthy_threshold = 2 
                check_interval      = 3
                healthy_threshold   = 4
            }
        }

        # To delete, either remove this block from configuration
        # or run: terraform destroy -target vultr_load_balancer.lb
        ```
    
    1. Apply the configuration and observe the following output:

        ```
        Apply complete! Resources: 0 added, 0 changed, 1 destroyed.
        ```