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kubectl delete — Delete Kubernetes resources. More information: <https://kubernetes.io/docs/reference/kubectl/generat

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Problem

How to use the kubectl delete command: Delete Kubernetes resources. More information: <https://kubernetes.io/docs/reference/kubectl/generated/kubectl_delete/>.

Solution

kubectl delete — Delete Kubernetes resources. More information: <https://kubernetes.io/docs/reference/kubectl/generated/kubectl_delete/>.

Delete a specific pod:

kubectl delete {{[po|pods]}} {{pod_name}}

Delete a specific deployment:

kubectl delete {{[deploy|deployments]}} {{deployment_name}}

Delete a specific node:

kubectl delete {{[no|nodes]}} {{node_name}}

Delete all pods in a specified namespace:

kubectl delete {{[po|pods]}} --all {{[-n|--namespace]}} {{namespace}}

Delete all deployments and services in a specified namespace:

kubectl delete {{[deploy|deployments]}},{{[svc|services]}} --all {{[-n|--namespace]}} {{namespace}}

Delete all nodes:

kubectl delete {{[no|nodes]}} --all

Delete resources defined in a YAML manifest:

kubectl delete {{[-f|--filename]}} {{path/to/manifest.yaml}}

Code Snippets

Delete a specific pod

kubectl delete {{[po|pods]}} {{pod_name}}

Delete a specific deployment

kubectl delete {{[deploy|deployments]}} {{deployment_name}}

Delete a specific node

kubectl delete {{[no|nodes]}} {{node_name}}

Delete all pods in a specified namespace

kubectl delete {{[po|pods]}} --all {{[-n|--namespace]}} {{namespace}}

Delete all deployments and services in a specified namespace

kubectl delete {{[deploy|deployments]}},{{[svc|services]}} --all {{[-n|--namespace]}} {{namespace}}

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