Delete Kafka clusters

You can delete a cluster using the Confluent Cloud Console, Confluent CLI, or REST API. You cannot restore a deleted cluster.

To prevent accidental deletion of a Apache Kafka® cluster, enable Cluster Deletion Protection on Confluent Cloud. If a cluster has deletion protection enabled, you cannot delete the cluster until you disable protection. In the Cloud Console, the Delete cluster button is disabled while deletion protection is enabled. For more information, see Delete attempts on a protected cluster.

In the Cloud Console, the Delete cluster button is hidden if you don’t have the correct role.

Before you can delete a cluster, you must delete any connectors still running on the cluster and any ksqlDB clusters associated with the cluster. For more information, see Delete a ksqlDB cluster.

Confluent retains deleted clusters for a brief period after you delete them. For more information, contact Confluent Cloud Support.

Cloud Console

Navigate to the clusters page for your environment.
Select the cluster you want to delete, and then select the Settings tab.
On the Settings tab, in the Delete cluster panel, click Delete cluster.
If the Delete cluster dialog lists resources, such as connectors, delete those resources first. The Delete button stays disabled until you do.
Enter the cluster name and click Delete.

Confluent CLI

To delete a cluster, run the following command in your terminal:

confluent kafka cluster delete <id> [flags]

In the following example, highlighted text indicates your input:

confluent kafka cluster delete lkc-123exa

Are you sure you want to delete Kafka cluster "lkc-123exa"?
To confirm, type "my-new-name". To cancel, press Ctrl-C:

my-new-name

Deleted Kafka cluster "lkc-123exa".

Confluent Cloud APIs

To delete a cluster, make a DELETE request specifying the environment and cluster.

Request

This request structure applies to all cluster types.

DELETE /cmk/v2/clusters/{id}?environment={environment_id}

Parameter	Required or Optional	Description
`id`	Required	Path parameter specifying the identifier for the cluster to delete.
`environment`	Required	Query parameter specifying the identifier for the environment that contains the cluster to delete.

Response

Success returns an HTTP 204 No Content.