[Yandex Cloud documentation](../../index.md) > [Yandex Network Load Balancer](../index.md) > [Step-by-step guides](index.md) > Network load balancers > Deleting a load balancer

# Deleting a network load balancer

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If deletion protection is enabled for the network load balancer, [disable it](deletion-protection.md#disable) before deleting the load balancer.

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- Management console {#console}

  1. In the [management console](https://console.yandex.cloud), select the folder where you need to delete a load balancer.
  1. Navigate to **Network Load Balancer**.
  1. Next to the load balancer you need to delete, click ![image](../../_assets/console-icons/ellipsis.svg) and select **Delete**.
  1. In the window that opens, click **Delete**.

- CLI {#cli}

  If you do not have the Yandex Cloud CLI yet, [install and initialize it](../../cli/quickstart.md#install).

  The folder used by default is the one specified when [creating](../../cli/operations/profile/profile-create.md) the CLI profile. To change the default folder, use the `yc config set folder-id <folder_ID>` command. You can also specify a different folder for any command using `--folder-name` or `--folder-id`. If you access a resource by its name, the search will be limited to the default folder. If you access a resource by its ID, the search will be global, i.e., through all folders based on access permissions.

  1. See the description of the CLI command for deleting a network load balancer:

     ```bash
     yc load-balancer network-load-balancer delete --help
     ```

  1. Delete the load balancer:

     ```bash
     yc load-balancer network-load-balancer delete <load_balancer_name_or_ID>
     ```

     You can get the load balancer ID and name with the [list of network load balancers in the folder](load-balancer-list.md#list).

- Terraform {#tf}

  With [Terraform](https://www.terraform.io/), you can quickly create a cloud infrastructure in Yandex Cloud and manage it using configuration files. These files store the infrastructure description written in HashiCorp Configuration Language (HCL). If you change the configuration files, Terraform automatically detects which part of your configuration is already deployed, and what should be added or removed.
  
  Terraform is distributed under the [Business Source License](https://github.com/hashicorp/terraform/blob/main/LICENSE). The [Yandex Cloud provider for Terraform](https://github.com/yandex-cloud/terraform-provider-yandex) is distributed under the [MPL-2.0](https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/MPL/2.0/) license.
  
  For more information about the provider resources, see the relevant documentation on the [Terraform](https://www.terraform.io/docs/providers/yandex/index.html) website or [its mirror](../../terraform/index.md).

  If you do not have Terraform yet, [install it and configure the Yandex Cloud provider](../../tutorials/infrastructure-management/terraform-quickstart.md#install-terraform).
  
  
  To manage infrastructure using Terraform under a service account or user accounts (a Yandex account, a federated account, or a local user), [authenticate](../../terraform/authentication.md) using the appropriate method.

  To delete a network load balancer created with Terraform:
  1. Open the Terraform configuration file and delete the section describing the network load balancer.

     ```hcl
     ...
     resource "yandex_lb_network_load_balancer" "foo" {
       name = "<load_balancer_name>"
       listener {
         name = "<listener_name>"
         port = <port_number>
         external_address_spec {
           ip_version = "<IP_address_version>"
         }
       }
       attached_target_group {
         target_group_id = "<target_group_ID>"
         healthcheck {
           name = "<health_check_name>"
             http_options {
               port = <port_number>
               path = "<URL>"
             }
         }
       }
     }
     ...
     ```

  1. Make sure the settings are correct.

     1. In the command line, navigate to the directory that contains the current Terraform configuration files defining the infrastructure.
     1. Run this command:
     
        ```bash
        terraform validate
        ```
     
        Terraform will show any errors found in your configuration files.

  1. Delete the network load balancer.

     1. Run this command to view the planned changes:
     
        ```bash
        terraform plan
        ```
     
        If you described the configuration correctly, the terminal will display a list of the resources to update and their parameters. This is a verification step that does not apply changes to your resources.
     
     1. If everything looks correct, apply the changes:
        1. Run this command:
     
           ```bash
           terraform apply
           ```
     
        1. Confirm updating the resources.
        1. Wait for the operation to complete.

- API {#api}

  To delete a network load balancer, use the [delete](../api-ref/NetworkLoadBalancer/delete.md) REST API method for the [NetworkLoadBalancer](../api-ref/NetworkLoadBalancer/index.md) resource or the [NetworkLoadBalancerService/Delete](../api-ref/grpc/NetworkLoadBalancer/delete.md) gRPC API call.

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## Examples {#examples}

### Deleting a network load balancer from a particular folder ({from-folder})

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- CLI {#cli}

  To delete a network load balancer from another folder, use the `--folder-id` or `--folder-name` parameters:

  ```bash
  yc load-balancer network-load-balancer delete test-load-balancer \
     --folder-id=b1gnbfd11bq5********
  ```

  ```bash
  yc load-balancer network-load-balancer delete test-load-balancer \
     --folder-name=test-folder
  ```

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