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 EC2 experience

To delete a target group using the new EC2 experience

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 EC2 experience

To delete a target group using the old EC2 experience

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.