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Detach a target group or Classic Load Balancer from your Auto Scaling group

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Detach a target group or Classic Load Balancer from your Auto Scaling group - Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling

When you no longer need the load balancer, use the following procedure to detach it from your Auto Scaling group.

To detach a load balancer from a group
  1. Open the Amazon EC2 console at https://console.aws.amazon.com/ec2/, and choose Auto Scaling Groups from the navigation pane.

  2. Select the check box next to an existing group.

    A split pane opens up in the bottom of the Auto Scaling groups page.

  3. On the Details tab, choose Load balancing, Edit.

  4. Under Load balancing, do one of the following:

    1. For Application, Network or Gateway Load Balancer target groups, choose the delete (X) icon next to the target group.

    2. For Classic Load Balancers, choose the delete (X) icon next to the load balancer.

  5. Choose Update.

When you finish detaching the target group, you can turn off the Elastic Load Balancing health checks.

To turn off the Elastic Load Balancing health checks
  1. On the Details tab, choose Health checks, Edit.

  2. For Health checks, Additional health check types, deselect Turn on Elastic Load Balancing health checks.

  3. Choose Update.

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