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If you are using a released version of Kubernetes, you should
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The latest 1.0.x release of this document can be found
[here](http://releases.k8s.io/release-1.0/docs/user-guide/kubectl/kubectl_delete.md).
Documentation for other releases can be found at
[releases.k8s.io](http://releases.k8s.io).
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## kubectl delete
Delete resources by filenames, stdin, resources and names, or by resources and label selector.
### Synopsis
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] | (RESOURCE [(NAME | -l label | --all)]
```
### Examples
```
// 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 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
```
### Options
```
--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.
-h, --help=false: help for delete
--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
```
### Options inherited from parent commands
```
--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 key 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
--validate=false: If true, use a schema to validate the input before sending it
--vmodule=: comma-separated list of pattern=N settings for file-filtered logging
```
### SEE ALSO
* [kubectl](kubectl.md) - kubectl controls the Kubernetes cluster manager
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