How to Detach an Instance from a Vultr Load Balancer

1 min readUpdated 23 October 2026

Pull an instance out of a Vultr Load Balancer's rotation to scale down or do maintenance without affecting others.

Detaching an instance from a Vultr Load Balancer removes it from traffic distribution, allowing you to scale down or perform maintenance without affecting other instances. Before detaching, ensure that the instance is no longer needed for load balancing to prevent disruptions.

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

Navigate to Products and click Load Balancers.
Click your target Load Balancer to open its management page.
In Resources, expand the location to view the Instances in your desired region's table.
Click the + icon, deselect the instance(s) to remove, and save.

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