# Deleting a Load Balancer

#### Scenarios

You can delete a load balancer if you do not need it any longer.

A deleted load balancer cannot be recovered.

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

#### Prerequisites

You have removed backend servers from the associated backend server groups, deleted the associated backend server groups, and deleted the listeners added to the load balancer.

#### Deleting a Load Balancer

1. Log in to the management console.
2. In the upper left corner of the page, click and select the desired region and project.
3. Hover on in the upper left corner to display Service List and choose Network > Elastic Load Balancing.
4. Locate the load balancer and click Delete in the Operation column.
5. Click Yes.

Parent topic: Load Balancer