# Deleting an Amazon ECS service using the console
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The following are some of the reasons you would delete a service:
+ The application is no longer needed
+ You are migrating the service to a new environment
+ The application is not actively being used
+ The application is using more resources than needed and you are trying to optmize your costs

The service is automatically scaled down to zero before it is deleted. Load balancer resources or service discovery resources associated with the service are not affected by the service deletion. To delete your Elastic Load Balancing resources, see one of the following topics, depending on your load balancer type: [Delete an Application Load Balancer](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/elasticloadbalancing/latest/application/load-balancer-delete.html) or [Delete a Network Load Balancer](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/elasticloadbalancing/latest/network/load-balancer-delete.html). 

When you delete a service, Amazon ECS deletes all service deployments and service revisions for the service.

When you delete a service, if there are still running tasks that require cleanup, the service status moves from `ACTIVE` to `DRAINING`, and the service is no longer visible in the console or in the `ListServices` API operation. After all tasks have transitioned to either `STOPPING` or `STOPPED` status, the service status moves from `DRAINING` to `INACTIVE`. Services in the `DRAINING` or `INACTIVE` status can still be viewed with the `DescribeServices` API operation. 

**Important**  
If you attempt to create a new service with the same name as an existing service in either `ACTIVE` or `DRAINING` status, you'll receive an error.

**Procedure**

1. Open the console at [https://console.aws.amazon.com/ecs/v2](https://console.aws.amazon.com/ecs/v2).

1. On the **Clusters** page, select the cluster for the service.

1. On the **Clusters** page, choose the cluster.

1. On the **Cluster : *name*** page, choose the **Services** tab. 

1. Select the services, and then choose **Delete**.

1. To delete a service even if it wasn't scaled down to zero tasks, select **Force delete service**.

1. At the confirmation prompt, enter **delete**, and then choose **Delete**.