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How to Delete Vultr Managed Databases for PostgreSQL

Updated on 28 August, 2025

Deleting Vultr Managed Databases for PostgreSQL removes the instance from your account and stops further charges. Only perform this operation after backing up the database because the operation deletes all logical databases, tables, and objects associated with the managed database.

Follow this guide to delete Vultr Managed Databases for PostgreSQL using the Vultr Customer Portal, API, CLI, or Terraform.

  • Vultr Customer Portal
  • Vultr API
  • Vultr CLI
  • Terraform
  1. Navigate to Products and select Databases.
  2. Click the target database instance.
  3. Click Settings and select Delete Managed Database.
  4. Click Destroy Database Instance to remove the database.

  1. List all the database instances by sending a GET request to the List Managed Databases endpoint and note the database ID. For example, 43b4c774-5dff-4ac0-a01f-78a23c2205b5.

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

  2. Send a DELETE request to the Delete Managed Database endpoint and specify the database ID to delete the instance.

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

    Visit the Delete Managed Database endpoint to view additional attributes to add to your request.

  1. List all database instances and note the database ID. For instance, d6ac2a3c-92ea-43ef-8185-71a23e58ad8c.

    console 
    $ vultr-cli database list --summarize

  2. Delete the database by specifying a database ID.

    console 
    $ vultr-cli database delete database_id

    Run vultr-cli database delete --help to view all options.

  1. Open your Terraform configuration and locate the Managed Database for PostgreSQL resource.

  2. Remove the resource block or destroy it with Terraform.

    terraform 
    resource "vultr_database" "pg" {
    label                   = "pg-cluster-1"
    database_engine         = "pg"
    database_engine_version = "16"
    region                  = "ewr"
    plan                    = "vultr-dbaas-startup-cc-1-55-2"
}

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

  3. Apply and observe the following output:

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

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