# How to Delete Load Balancers from Kubernetes Clusters

DigitalOcean Kubernetes (DOKS) is a Kubernetes service with a fully managed control plane, high availability, and autoscaling. DOKS integrates with standard Kubernetes toolchains and DigitalOcean’s load balancers, volumes, CPU and GPU Droplets, API, and CLI.

To delete a cluster’s load balancer with `kubectl`, use the `delete service` command:

```
kubectl delete service [NAME]
```

When this command is successful, it both removes the load balancer from the cluster and deletes it from your account.

When you delete a cluster from the control panel, you can select the associated load balancers to delete them automatically. You can select a subset or all the load balancers associated with the cluster.

You can also manually delete the associated load balancers from the control panel. In the **Networking** section of the control panel, select [**Load Balancers**](https://cloud.digitalocean.com/networking/load_balancers). Open the load balancer’s **More** menu, select **Edit settings**, click **Destroy**, and confirm.

While you *can* currently delete volumes and load balancers from the control panel, we recommend using `kubectl` to manage all cluster-related resources.

You can also use [`doctl`](https://docs.digitalocean.com/reference/doctl/reference/kubernetes/cluster/delete/index.html.md) or the [API](https://developers.digitalocean.com/documentation/v2/#delete-a-kubernetes-cluster) to delete the associated resources automatically when you destroy a cluster.