You can destroy a load balancer if you no longer need it. This is a permanent, irreversible action.
Destroying a load balancer does not destroy the Droplets that were associated with it. You can destroy these Droplets separately.
Delete a Load Balancer Using Automation
How to Delete a Load Balancer Using the DigitalOcean CLI
- Install
doctl
, the official DigitalOcean CLI.
- Create a personal access token and save it for use with
doctl
.
- Use the token to grant
doctl
access to your DigitalOcean account.
- Finally, run
doctl compute load-balancer delete
. Basic usage looks like this, but you can read the usage docs for more details:
doctl compute load-balancer delete <load-balancer-id> [flags]
How to Delete a Load Balancer Using the DigitalOcean API
- Create a personal access token and save it for use with the API.
- Send a DELETE request to
https://api.digitalocean.com/v2/load_balancers/{lb_id}
.
cURL
Using cURL:
curl -X DELETE \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $DIGITALOCEAN_TOKEN" \
"https://api.digitalocean.com/v2/load_balancers/4de7ac8b-495b-4884-9a69-1050c6793cd6"
Go
Using Godo, the official DigitalOcean API client for Go:
import (
"context"
"os"
"github.com/digitalocean/godo"
)
func main() {
token := os.Getenv("DIGITALOCEAN_TOKEN")
client := godo.NewFromToken(token)
ctx := context.TODO()
_, err := client.LoadBalancers.Delete(ctx, "4de7ac8b-495b-4884-9a69-1050c6793cd6")
}
Ruby
Using DropletKit, the official DigitalOcean API client for Ruby:
require 'droplet_kit'
token = ENV['DIGITALOCEAN_TOKEN']
client = DropletKit::Client.new(access_token: token)
client.load_balancers.delete(id: '4de7ac8b-495b-4884-9a69-1050c6793cd6')
Python
Using PyDo, the official DigitalOcean API client for Python:
import os
from pydo import Client
client = Client(token=os.environ.get("DIGITALOCEAN_TOKEN"))
resp = client.load_balancers.delete(lb_id="afda3ad")
Destroy a Load Balancer Using the Control Panel
From the control panel, click Networking, then click Load Balancers to go to the load balancer overview page. Click the name of the load balancer you want to destroy to go to its index page, then click Settings.
In the Destroy section, click the Destroy button. In the Destroy Load Balancer window that opens, click Confirm to permanently destroy the load balancer.