# Is an EIP Assigned Exclusively to a Load Balancer?

During the lifecycle of a load balancer, whether the assigned EIP is exclusive depends on the type of the load balancer.

- Dedicated load balancer: The EIP can be unbound from the load balancer. If the EIP is unbound, the load balancer becomes a private network load balancer, and the EIP can be bound to other resources.
- Shared load balancer: The EIP can be unbound from the load balancer. If the EIP is unbound, the load balancer becomes a private network load balancer, and the EIP can be bound to other resources.

You can unbind an EIP from a load balancer only on the management console.

Parent topic: ELB Functionality