---
title: "Delete a load balancer"
description: "Delete an E2E load balancer in MyAccount to stop its charges, and keep its public IP as a reserved IP if you want the address."
content_type: "how-to"
product: "load-balancer"
platform: "MyAccount"
url: "/myaccount/load-balancer/how-to/delete-a-load-balancer/"
topic: ["operate"]
relationships: {"requires":["/myaccount/load-balancer/how-to/create-an-application-load-balancer/"]}
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# Delete a load balancer

Delete a load balancer when you no longer need it. On hourly billing, deleting it stops its
charges. Traffic to its address then stops reaching your servers. Your backend servers and scale
groups stay as they are.

To keep the load balancer's settings and stop its traffic for a while instead, power it off. Billing
continues while it is powered off; see
[Power off, start, or upgrade a load balancer](/myaccount/load-balancer/how-to/power-off-start-or-upgrade/).

## Before you begin

- The load balancer has left **Creating**, **Deploying**, **Upgrading**, or **Deleting**.
  **Actions** is available once it has.
- You have moved your domain's DNS records off the load balancer's IP, or you are ready for its
  traffic to stop.
- You have decided whether to keep the public IP. Without a reservation, the address is released
  with the load balancer.
- Your role in the project has the delete permission for **Load Balancers**.

The load balancer's charges continue while it is in **Creating**. If it stays there, contact
support to have it cleared; see
[The load balancer stays on Creating, Deploying, or Upgrading](/myaccount/load-balancer/troubleshooting/load-balancer/#the-load-balancer-stays-on-creating-deploying-or-upgrading).

## Delete the load balancer

Deleting a load balancer is permanent. It also deletes its BitNinja licence and its alerts.

On a committed load balancer, you have already paid for the whole committed period, so the charges
stay as they are when you delete early.

1. In MyAccount, under **Compute**, click **Load Balancers**. In the load balancer's row, open
   **Actions**, and click **Delete**.
2. (Optional) To keep the public IP of an external load balancer, tick **Reserve the IP**, followed
   by the address, in **Delete Load Balancer**. A reserved IP has a monthly charge. An IP that is
   already reserved stays reserved.
3. Click **Delete**.

**Load Balancer deleted successfully** shows, and the load balancer reads **Deleting** until it is
gone. If **Error in deleting Load Balancer, please try again** shows instead, refresh the list and
try again.

## Check that the load balancer is gone

The load balancer leaves the **Load Balancers** list once it is gone, and its hourly charges
stop.

A reserved IP you kept is listed under [Reserved IP](/myaccount/reserved-ip/), and is billed until
you release it. To use it on a new load balancer, choose it under **IPV4** when you create one.

If deleting fails again, see
[Troubleshooting Load Balancer](/myaccount/load-balancer/troubleshooting/load-balancer/). To delete
a load balancer from a script, see
[Delete Load Balancer](/api/myaccount/operations/delete-load-balancer/) in the API reference.