How to Delete a Cluster

1 min readUpdated 28 October 2026

Delete a Vultr cluster using the Console or API, and learn how its instances and cluster-created templates are handled.

Deleting a cluster removes the cluster subscription and its fabric associations. Removing an instance detaches it without destroying it, so it remains on your account as a standalone server. If the cluster used an instance template it created for itself, deleting the cluster also deletes that template.

Note

You can destroy a cluster and its attached instances together through the Vultr Console's Destroy all nodes in this cluster option or the Vultr API's force parameter. Otherwise, remove the instances first to keep them running as standalone servers.

Follow this guide to delete a cluster using the Vultr Console or the Vultr API.

In the left-hand menu, click Compute, then click Clusters.
Click your target cluster to open its management page.
Click Destroy Cluster.
Select Destroy all nodes in this cluster to destroy every attached instance, including the head node, along with the cluster.
Click Destroy.
To keep the instances instead, detach them from the cluster first, then click Destroy Cluster followed by Destroy.

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