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Name
kf delete - Delete the App with the given name in the targeted Space.
Synopsis
kf delete NAME [flags]
Description
Deletes the App with the given name and wait for it to be deleted.
Kubernetes will delete the App once all child resources it owns have been deleted. Deletion may take a long time if any of the following conditions are true:
There are many child objects.
There are finalizers on the object preventing deletion.
The cluster is in an unhealthy state.
Deleting an App will remove associated deployment history, cluster logs, and Builds.
Things that won't be deleted:
source code
container images
Routes
ServiceInstances
Examples
kf delete my-app
Flags
--async
Do not wait for the action to complete on the server before returning.
-h, --help
help for delete
--retries=int
Number of times to retry execution if the command isn't successful. (default 5)
--retry-delay=duration
Set the delay between retries. (default 1s)
Inherited flags
These flags are inherited from parent commands.
--as=string
Username to impersonate for the operation.
--as-group=strings
Group to impersonate for the operation. Include this flag multiple times to specify multiple groups.
--config=string
Path to the Kf config file to use for CLI requests.
--kubeconfig=string
Path to the kubeconfig file to use for CLI requests.
--log-http
Log HTTP requests to standard error.
--space=string
Space to run the command against. This flag overrides the currently targeted Space.
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