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How to Delete Vultr Object Storage Subscription

Updated on 11 September, 2025

Learn how to permanently delete your Vultr Object Storage subscription when its no longer needed.

Deleting Vultr Object Storage subscription removes the S3-compatible store from your account and stops further charges. You should only delete the subscription after backing up any important business assets to a different storage. The process is irreversible, and you can't undo it, so you should take great care.

Follow this guide to delete Vultr Object Storage subscription using the Vultr Customer Portal, API, CLI, or Terraform.

  • Vultr Customer Portal
  • Vultr API
  • Vultr CLI
  • Terraform
  1. Navigate to Products and select Cloud Storage.
  2. Click Object Storage.
  3. Then, select the target Vultr Object Storage subscription and click the delete icon.

  1. Send a GET request to List Object Storages endpoint and note the Vultr Object Storage subscription ID.

    console 
    $ curl "https://api.vultr.com/v2/object-storage" \
    -X GET \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer ${VULTR_API_KEY}" \
    -H "Content-Type: application/json"

  2. Send a DELETE request to the Delete Object Storage endpoint and specify a Vultr Object Storage subscription ID.

    console 
    $ curl "https://api.vultr.com/v2/object-storage/object_storage_id" \
    -X DELETE \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer ${VULTR_API_KEY}"

    Visit the Delete Object Storage endpoint to view additional attributes to add to your request.

  1. List all Vultr Object Storage subscriptions and note the ID. For instance, 6856bb78-e67b-416c-8fc1-2473c66fa016.

    console 
    $ vultr-cli object-storage list

  2. Delete a Vultr Object Storage subscription by specifying the ID.

    console 
    $ vultr-cli object-storage delete object_storage_id

    Run vultr-cli object-storage delete --help to view all options.

  1. Open your Terraform configuration where the Object Storage subscription is defined.

  2. Remove the vultr_object_storage resource block, or destroy it by target.

    terraform 
    resource "vultr_object_storage" "object_storage" {
    # ...existing fields (cluster_id, tier_id, label)
}

# To delete, either remove this block from configuration
# or run: terraform destroy -target vultr_object_storage.object_storage

  3. Apply the configuration and observe the following output:

    Apply complete! Resources: 0 added, 0 changed, 1 destroyed.

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