Delete an orchestrated deployment

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This page provides instructions for deleting several types of cloud deployments, and outlines key considerations before proceeding.

To delete an Elastic Cloud Hosted deployment:

1. Log in to the Elastic Cloud Console.
2. On the deployment overview page, select Actions, then select Delete deployment and confirm the deletion.

When you delete your deployment, billing stops immediately, rounding up to the nearest hour.

To delete a Elastic Cloud Serverless project:

1. Log in to the Elastic Cloud Console.
2. Find your project on the home page in the Serverless Projects card and select Manage to access it directly. Or, select Serverless Projects to go to the projects page to view all of your projects.
3. Select Actions, then select Delete project and confirm the deletion.

To delete an Elastic Cloud Enterprise deployment:

1. Log into the Cloud UI.

2. On the Deployments page, select your deployment.

   Narrow the list by name, ID, or choose from several other filters. To further define the list, use a combination of filters.

3. Terminate the deployment.

4. Select Delete deployment and follow the steps to delete the deployment permanently.

Terminating a deployment stops all running instances and deletes all data. Only configuration information is saved so that you can restore the deployment in the future. If there is a snapshot repository associated with the Elasticsearch cluster and at least one snapshot has been taken, you can restore the cluster with the same indices later.

To terminate an Elastic Cloud Enterprise deployment,

1. Log into the Cloud UI.

2. On the Deployments page, select your deployment.

   Narrow the list by name, ID, or choose from several other filters. To further define the list, use a combination of filters.

3. In the Deployment Management section, select Terminate deployment.

You can restore a deployment that was previously terminated to its original configuration. Note that the data that was in the deployment is not restored, since it is deleted as part of the termination process. If you have a snapshot, you can restore it to recover the Elasticsearch indices.

To restore a terminated deployment,

1. Log into the Cloud UI.
2. On the Deployments page, select your deployment. Narrow the list by name, ID, or choose from several other filters. To further define the list, use a combination of filters.
3. In the Deployment Management section, select Restore and then acknowledge the confirmation message.

To delete a deployment managed by Elastic Cloud on Kubernetes, remove the corresponding Elasticsearch, Kibana, and any other related custom resources from your Kubernetes cluster. This action deletes all associated pods and their persistent data.

To delete an Elasticsearch cluster created with Elastic Cloud on Kubernetes:

1. Run the following command to delete the Elasticsearch custom resource:

   kubectl delete elasticsearch <elasticsearch-resource-name>
   

   For example:

   kubectl delete elasticsearch test-deployment
   

   Warning

   This deletes the custom resource and all associated resources, such as Elasticsearch nodes, services, and persistent data volumes. By default, this also deletes the data stored in those volumes, but you can configure the volumeClaimDeletePolicy field in the Elasticsearch resource manifest to retain the volumes if you plan to recreate the cluster later.

2. If you also deployed Kibana or other stack components, delete those resources as well:

   kubectl delete kibana <kibana-resource-name>