Delete a target group

You can delete a target group if it is not referenced by the forward actions of any listener rules. Deleting a target group does not affect the targets registered with the target group. If you no longer need a registered EC2 instance, you can stop or terminate it.

New console

To delete a target group using the new console

1. Open the Amazon EC2 console at https://console.aws.amazon.com/ec2/.

2. On the navigation pane, under LOAD BALANCING, choose Target Groups.

3. Select the target group and choose Actions, Delete.

4. When prompted for confirmation, choose Yes, delete.

Old console

To delete a target group using the old console

1. Open the Amazon EC2 console at https://console.aws.amazon.com/ec2/.

2. On the navigation pane, under LOAD BALANCING, choose Target Groups.

3. Select the target group and choose Actions, Delete.

4. When prompted for confirmation, choose Yes.

To delete a target group using the AWS CLI

Use the delete-target-group command.