Deleting an Application Load Balancer target group

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Yandex Cloud

Updated at November 11, 2025

Warning

You cannot delete a target group used in a backend group. First, you need to remove it from all backend groups.

To delete a target group:

Management console

CLI

Terraform

API

In the management console, select your target group folder.
Select Application Load Balancer.
In the left-hand panel, select Target groups.
Select your target group and click .
In the menu that opens, select Delete.

To do this with multiple groups, select the groups to delete from the list and click Delete at the bottom of the screen.
In the window that opens, click Delete.

If you do not have the Yandex Cloud CLI installed yet, install and initialize it.

By default, the CLI uses the folder specified when creating the profile. To change the default folder, use the yc config set folder-id <folder_ID> command. You can also set a different folder for any specific command using the --folder-name or --folder-id parameter.

See the description of the CLI command for deleting a target group:
```
yc alb target-group delete --help
```
Run this command:
```
yc alb target-group delete <target_group_name_or_ID>
```
To check whether the group has been deleted, get a list of target groups by running the command:
```
yc alb target-group list
```

With Terraform, 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. The Yandex Cloud provider for Terraform is distributed under the MPL-2.0 license.

For more information about the provider resources, see the relevant documentation on the Terraform website or its mirror.

If you do not have Terraform yet, install it and configure the Yandex Cloud provider.

Open the Terraform configuration file and delete the part describing your target group.

Sample target group description in the Terraform configuration:

resource "yandex_alb_target_group" "foo" {
  name           = "<target_group_name>"

  target {
    subnet_id    = "<subnet_ID>"
    ip_address   = "<VM_1_internal_IP_address>"
  }

  target {
    subnet_id    = "<subnet_ID>"
    ip_address   = "<VM_2_internal_IP_address>"
  }

  target {
    subnet_id    = "<subnet_ID>"
    ip_address   = "<VM_3_internal_IP_address>"
  }
}

For more information about yandex_alb_target_group properties, see the relevant Terraform article.

Apply the changes:
1. In the terminal, go to the directory where you edited the configuration file.
2. Make sure the configuration file is correct using this command:
```
terraform validate
```
  If the configuration is correct, you will get this message:
```
Success! The configuration is valid.
```
3. Run this command:
```
terraform plan
```
  You will see a detailed list of resources. No changes will be made at this step. If the configuration contains any errors, Terraform will show them.
4. Apply the changes:
```
terraform apply
```
5. Type yes and press Enter to confirm the changes.
You can check target group updates in the management console or using this CLI command:
```
yc alb target-group list
```
Timeouts
The Terraform provider limits operations with Application Load Balancer target groups to 10 minutes.

Operations in excess of this time will be interrupted.
How do I modify these limits?
Add the timeouts section to the target group description, e.g.:

resource "yandex_alb_target_group" "<target_group_name>" { ... timeouts { create = "60m" update = "60m" delete = "60m" } }

Use the delete REST API method for the TargetGroup resource or the TargetGroupService/Delete gRPC API call.

Deleting an Application Load Balancer target group

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