# Enabling or Disabling a Load Balancer

#### Scenarios

You can enable or disable a load balancer at any time. A disabled load balancer cannot distribute traffic.

You can enable or disable only classic load balancers.

Classic load balancers can no longer be created on the management console. Use shared load balancers or dedicated load balancers instead.

#### Procedure

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 More > Enable or More > Disable.
5. Click Yes.

Parent topic: Load Balancer