delete

Deleting Kubernetes Resources

Delete resources by filenames, stdin, resources and names, or by resources and label selector.

JSON and YAML formats are accepted. Only one type of the arguments may be specified: filenames, resources and names, or resources and label selector.

Command

$ kubectl delete ([-f FILENAME] | [-k DIRECTORY] | TYPE [(NAME | -l label | --all)])

Example

Current state

$ kubectl get deployment

NAME    READY   UP-TO-DATE   AVAILABLE   AGE
nginx   1/1     1            1           44s

$ kubectl get pods

NAME                     READY   STATUS    RESTARTS   AGE
nginx-6db489d4b7-9wgn9   1/1     Running   0          28s

Command

$ kubectl delete deployments nginx

deployment.apps "nginx" deleted

Output

$ kubectl get deployments

No resources found in default namespace.

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Last modified September 23, 2020: docs update (b46eb86)