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How to Destroy a Vultr Bare Metal Instance

Updated on November 27, 2024

Destroying an instance removes the public IP address and deletes the server from your Vultr account. Destroying an instance cannot be reversed and any instance data cannot be recovered unless a backup or snapshot is available in your Vultr account.

Follow this guide to destroy a Vultr Bare Metal instance using the Vultr Customer Portal, API, or CLI.

  • Vultr Customer Portal
  • Vultr API
  • Vultr CLI

  1. Navigate to Products and click Compute.

    Navigate to Products in the Vultr Customer Portal

  2. Click your target Bare Metal instance to open its management page.

    Open the Instance management panel

  3. Click Destroy Server on the top-right navigation menu to destroy the Bare Metal server instance.

    Destroy the Bare Metal Server instance

  4. Check the confirmation prompt and click Destroy Server to apply changes.

    Apply the Destroy Server changes

  1. Send a GET request to the List Bare Metal Instances endpoint and note the target instance's ID.

    console 
    $ curl "https://api.vultr.com/v2/bare-metals" \
  -X GET \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer ${VULTR_API_KEY}"

  2. Send a DELETE request to the Delete Bare Metal endpoint to destroy the instance.

    console 
    $ curl "https://api.vultr.com/v2/bare-metals/{baremetal-id}" \
  -X DELETE \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer ${VULTR_API_KEY}"

  1. List all Bare Metal instances available in your Vultr account and note the target instance's ID.

    console 
    $ vultr-cli bare-metal list

  2. Destroy the instance.

    console 
    $ vultr-cli bare-metal delete <instance_id>