confluent kafka topic delete¶

Description¶

Delete a Kafka topic.

confluent kafka topic delete <topic> [flags]

Flags¶

--cluster string       Kafka cluster ID.
--context string       CLI context name.
--environment string   Environment ID.

--url string                Base URL of REST Proxy Endpoint of Kafka Cluster (include /kafka for embedded Rest Proxy). Must set flag or CONFLUENT_REST_URL.
--ca-cert-path string       Path to a PEM-encoded CA to verify the Confluent REST Proxy.
--client-cert-path string   Path to client cert to be verified by Confluent REST Proxy, include for mTLS authentication.
--client-key-path string    Path to client private key, include for mTLS authentication.
--no-auth                   Include if requests should be made without authentication headers, and user will not be prompted for credentials.
--prompt                    Bypass use of available login credentials and prompt for Kafka Rest credentials.

Global Flags¶

-h, --help            Show help for this command.
    --unsafe-trace    Equivalent to -vvvv, but also log HTTP requests and responses which may contain plaintext secrets.
-v, --verbose count   Increase verbosity (-v for warn, -vv for info, -vvv for debug, -vvvv for trace).

Examples¶

Delete the topics “my_topic” and “my_topic_avro”. Use this command carefully as data loss can occur.

confluent kafka topic delete my_topic
confluent kafka topic delete my_topic_avro

Delete the topic “my_topic” at specified cluster (providing Kafka REST Proxy endpoint). Use this command carefully as data loss can occur.

confluent kafka topic delete my_topic --url http://localhost:8082

See Also¶

confluent kafka topic - Manage Kafka topics.