How to Delete a Vultr Cloud Compute Instance

1 min readUpdated 4 November 2026

Permanently erase a Vultr Cloud Compute instance and its IP information. Take a snapshot first to recover it later.

Deleting an instance permanently erases the server's file system and removes all IP information. This action is irreversible, and any data on the instance is lost unless a backup or snapshot is available in your Vultr account.

Follow this guide to delete a Vultr Cloud Compute instance using the Vultr Console, API, CLI, or Terraform.

Warning

Deleting an instance is permanent and irreversible. Take a snapshot of the instance if you want to recover the instance at a later time.

Navigate to Compute and click Instances.
Click your target Vultr Cloud Compute instance to open its management page.
Click the Server Destroy icon in the top-right corner of the management page.
Select Yes, destroy this server in the confirmation prompt and click Destroy Server to destroy the instance.

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