If you are using a released version of Kubernetes, you should refer to the docs that go with that version.
The latest release of this document can be found [here](http://releases.k8s.io/release-1.1/docs/user-guide/kubectl/kubectl_delete.md).Documentation for other releases can be found at releases.k8s.io.
Delete resources by filenames, stdin, resources and names, or by resources and label selector.
Delete resources by filenames, stdin, resources and names, or by resources and label selector.
JSON and YAML formats are accepted.
Only one type of the arguments may be specified: filenames, resources and names, or resources and label selector
Note that the delete command does NOT do resource version checks, so if someone submits an update to a resource right when you submit a delete, their update will be lost along with the rest of the resource.
kubectl delete ([-f FILENAME] | TYPE [(NAME | -l label | --all)])
# Delete a pod using the type and name specified in pod.json.
$ kubectl delete -f ./pod.json
# Delete a pod based on the type and name in the JSON passed into stdin.
$ cat pod.json | kubectl delete -f -
# Delete pods and services with same names "baz" and "foo"
$ kubectl delete pod,service baz foo
# Delete pods and services with label name=myLabel.
$ kubectl delete pods,services -l name=myLabel
# Delete a pod with UID 1234-56-7890-234234-456456.
$ kubectl delete pod 1234-56-7890-234234-456456
# Delete all pods
$ kubectl delete pods --all
--all[=false]: [-all] to select all the specified resources.
--cascade[=true]: If true, cascade the deletion of the resources managed by this resource (e.g. Pods created by a ReplicationController). Default true.
-f, --filename=[]: Filename, directory, or URL to a file containing the resource to delete.
--grace-period=-1: Period of time in seconds given to the resource to terminate gracefully. Ignored if negative.
--ignore-not-found[=false]: Treat "resource not found" as a successful delete. Defaults to "true" when --all is specified.
-o, --output="": Output mode. Use "-o name" for shorter output (resource/name).
-l, --selector="": Selector (label query) to filter on.
--timeout=0: The length of time to wait before giving up on a delete, zero means determine a timeout from the size of the object
--alsologtostderr[=false]: log to standard error as well as files
--api-version="": The API version to use when talking to the server
--certificate-authority="": Path to a cert. file for the certificate authority.
--client-certificate="": Path to a client certificate file for TLS.
--client-key="": Path to a client key file for TLS.
--cluster="": The name of the kubeconfig cluster to use
--context="": The name of the kubeconfig context to use
--insecure-skip-tls-verify[=false]: If true, the server's certificate will not be checked for validity. This will make your HTTPS connections insecure.
--kubeconfig="": Path to the kubeconfig file to use for CLI requests.
--log-backtrace-at=:0: when logging hits line file:N, emit a stack trace
--log-dir="": If non-empty, write log files in this directory
--log-flush-frequency=5s: Maximum number of seconds between log flushes
--logtostderr[=true]: log to standard error instead of files
--match-server-version[=false]: Require server version to match client version
--namespace="": If present, the namespace scope for this CLI request.
--password="": Password for basic authentication to the API server.
-s, --server="": The address and port of the Kubernetes API server
--stderrthreshold=2: logs at or above this threshold go to stderr
--token="": Bearer token for authentication to the API server.
--user="": The name of the kubeconfig user to use
--username="": Username for basic authentication to the API server.
--v=0: log level for V logs
--vmodule=: comma-separated list of pattern=N settings for file-filtered logging
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