kubectl delete(1) Delete resources by filenames, stdin, resources and names, or by resources and label selector.

SYNOPSIS

kubectl delete [OPTIONS]

DESCRIPTION

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

Note that the delete command does NOT do resource version checks, so if someone submits an update to a resource right when you submit a delete, their update will be lost along with the rest of the resource.

OPTIONS

--all=false
    [-all] to select all the specified resources.

--cascade=true
    If true, cascade the deletion of the resources managed by this resource (e.g. Pods created by a ReplicationController).  Default true.

-f, --filename=[]
    Filename, directory, or URL to a file containing the resource to delete.

--grace-period=-1
    Period of time in seconds given to the resource to terminate gracefully. Ignored if negative.

--ignore-not-found=false
    Treat "resource not found" as a successful delete. Defaults to "true" when --all is specified.

-o, --output=""
    Output mode. Use "-o name" for shorter output (resource/name).

-l, --selector=""
    Selector (label query) to filter on.

--timeout=0
    The length of time to wait before giving up on a delete, zero means determine a timeout from the size of the object

OPTIONS INHERITED FROM PARENT COMMANDS

--alsologtostderr=false
    log to standard error as well as files

--api-version=""
    DEPRECATED: The API version to use when talking to the server

--certificate-authority=""
    Path to a cert. file for the certificate authority.

--client-certificate=""
    Path to a client certificate file for TLS.

--client-key=""
    Path to a client key file for TLS.

--cluster=""
    The name of the kubeconfig cluster to use

--context=""
    The name of the kubeconfig context to use

--insecure-skip-tls-verify=false
    If true, the server's certificate will not be checked for validity. This will make your HTTPS connections insecure.

--kubeconfig=""
    Path to the kubeconfig file to use for CLI requests.

--log-backtrace-at=:0
    when logging hits line file:N, emit a stack trace

--log-dir=""
    If non-empty, write log files in this directory

--log-flush-frequency=5s
    Maximum number of seconds between log flushes

--logtostderr=true
    log to standard error instead of files

--match-server-version=false
    Require server version to match client version

--namespace=""
    If present, the namespace scope for this CLI request.

--password=""
    Password for basic authentication to the API server.

-s, --server=""
    The address and port of the Kubernetes API server

--stderrthreshold=2
    logs at or above this threshold go to stderr

--token=""
    Bearer token for authentication to the API server.

--user=""
    The name of the kubeconfig user to use

--username=""
    Username for basic authentication to the API server.

-v, --v=0
    log level for V logs

--vmodule=
    comma-separated list of pattern=N settings for file-filtered logging

EXAMPLE

# Delete a pod using the type and name specified in pod.json.
kubectl delete -f ./pod.json
# Delete a pod based on the type and name in the JSON passed into stdin.
cat pod.json | kubectl delete -f -
# Delete pods and services with same names "baz" and "foo"
kubectl delete pod,service baz foo
# Delete pods and services with label name=myLabel.
kubectl delete pods,services -l name=myLabel
# Delete a pod with UID 1234-56-7890-234234-456456.
kubectl delete pod 1234-56-7890-234234-456456
# Delete all pods
kubectl delete pods --all

HISTORY

January 2015, Originally compiled by Eric Paris (eparis at redhat dot com) based on the kubernetes source material, but hopefully they have been automatically generated since!

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