---
title: "deleteTargetGroups"
slug: "networking-vloadbalancer-targetgroup-deletetargetgroups"
updated: 2026-09-17T10:12:30Z
published: 2026-09-17T10:12:30Z
canonical: "api.ncloud-docs.com/networking-vloadbalancer-targetgroup-deletetargetgroups"
---

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# deleteTargetGroups

Available in VPC

Delete a target group. You can't delete target groups in use.

## Request

The following describes the request format for the endpoint. The request format is as follows:

| Method | URI |
| --- | --- |
| GET | /vloadbalancer/v2/deleteTargetGroups |

### Request headers

For information about the headers common to all Load Balancer APIs, see [Load Balancer request headers](/docs/en/networking-vloadbalancer#%EC%9A%94%EC%B2%AD%ED%97%A4%EB%8D%94).

### Request query parameters

You can use the following query parameters with your request:

| Field | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `regionCode` | String | Optional | Region code for the target group to delete - First Region of the getRegionList search result (default) - See [getRegionList](/docs/en/compute-vserver-server-common-getregionlist) |
| `targetGroupNoList.N` | List[String] | Required | Number list of the target group - `targetGroupNo` can be obtained through [getTargetGroupList](/docs/en/networking-vloadbalancer-targetgroup-gettargetgrouplist) - <E.g.> targetGroupNoList.1=1234&targetGroupNoList.2=2345 |
| `responseFormatType` | String | Optional | Response result format - `xml` (default) \| `json` |

### Request example

The following is a sample request.

```
curl --location 'https://ncloud.apigw.ntruss.com/vloadbalancer/v2/deleteTargetGroups?regionCode=KR&targetGroupNoList.1=*******' \
--header 'x-ncp-apigw-timestamp: {Timestamp}' \
--header 'x-ncp-iam-access-key: {Access Key}' \
--header 'x-ncp-apigw-signature-v2: {API Gateway Signature}'
```

## Response

The following describes the response format.

### Response body

See [TargetGroupList](/docs/en/common-vapidatatype-targetgrouplist) for the response body.

### Response status codes

For information about the HTTP status codes common to all Load Balancer APIs, see [Load Balancer response status codes](/docs/en/networking-vloadbalancer#%EC%9D%91%EB%8B%B5%EC%83%81%ED%83%9C%EC%BD%94%EB%93%9C).

### Response example

The following is a sample response.

```
<deleteTargetGroupsResponse>
    <requestId>9b6f0a2f-abeb-49e5-bd25-a3aa365c4566</requestId>
    <returnCode>0</returnCode>
    <returnMessage>success</returnMessage>
    <totalRows>1</totalRows>
    <targetGroupList>
        <targetGroup>
            <targetGroupNo>*******</targetGroupNo>
            <targetGroupName>YOUR_TARGET_GROUP</targetGroupName>
            <targetType>
                <code>VSVR</code>
                <codeName>Server (VPC)</codeName>
            </targetType>
            <vpcNo>*****</vpcNo>
            <targetGroupProtocolType>
                <code>HTTP</code>
                <codeName>HTTP protocol</codeName>
            </targetGroupProtocolType>
            <targetGroupPort>80</targetGroupPort>
            <targetGroupDescription></targetGroupDescription>
            <useStickySession>false</useStickySession>
            <useProxyProtocol>false</useProxyProtocol>
            <algorithmType>
                <code>RR</code>
                <codeName>Round Robin</codeName>
            </algorithmType>
            <createDate>2024-06-04T10:17:10+0900</createDate>
            <regionCode>KR</regionCode>
            <loadBalancerInstanceNo></loadBalancerInstanceNo>
            <healthCheckProtocolType>
                <code>HTTP</code>
                <codeName>HTTP protocol</codeName>
            </healthCheckProtocolType>
            <healthCheckPort>80</healthCheckPort>
            <healthCheckUrlPath>/</healthCheckUrlPath>
            <healthCheckHttpMethodType>
                <code>GET</code>
                <codeName>HTTP GET Method</codeName>
            </healthCheckHttpMethodType>
            <healthCheckCycle>30</healthCheckCycle>
            <healthCheckUpThreshold>2</healthCheckUpThreshold>
            <healthCheckDownThreshold>2</healthCheckDownThreshold>
            <targetNoList/>
        </targetGroup>
    </targetGroupList>
</deleteTargetGroupsResponse>
```