# Source: https://docs.vespa.ai/en/reference/clients/vespa-cli/vespa_destroy.html.md

# vespa destroy

 

## vespa destroy

Remove a deployed Vespa application and its data

### Synopsis

Remove a deployed Vespa application and its data.

This command removes the currently deployed application and permanently deletes its data.

When run interactively, the command will prompt for confirmation before removing the application. When run non-interactively, the command will refuse to remove the application unless the –force option is given.

This command can only be used to remove non-production deployments, in Vespa Cloud. See [https://docs.vespa.ai/en/operations/deleting-applications.html](https://docs.vespa.ai/en/operations/deleting-applications.html) for how to remove production deployments.

For other systems, destroy the application by removing the containers in use by the application. For example: https://github.com/vespa-engine/sample-apps/tree/master/examples/operations/multinode-HA#clean-up-after-testing

```
vespa destroy [flags]
```

### Examples

```
$ vespa destroy
$ vespa destroy -a mytenant.myapp.myinstance
$ vespa destroy --force
```

### Options

```
--force Disable confirmation (default false)
  -h, --help help for destroy
```

### Options inherited from parent commands

```
-a, --application string The application to use (cloud only). Format "tenant.application.instance" - instance is optional
  -C, --cluster string The container cluster to use. This is only required for applications with multiple clusters
  -c, --color string Whether to use colors in output. Must be "auto", "never", or "always" (default "auto")
  -i, --instance string The instance of the application to use (cloud only)
  -q, --quiet Print only errors
  -t, --target string The target platform to use. Must be "local", "cloud", "hosted" or an URL (default "local")
  -z, --zone string The zone to use. This defaults to a dev zone (cloud only)
```

### SEE ALSO

- [vespa](vespa.html) - The command-line tool for Vespa.ai

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- [vespa destroy](#vespa-destroy)
- [Synopsis](#synopsis)
- [Examples](#examples)
- [Options](#options)
- [Options inherited from parent commands](#options-inherited-from-parent-commands)
- [SEE ALSO](#see-also)