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How to Delete ISO Images for Vultr Instances

Updated on November 27, 2024

Deleting ISO Images for Vultr instances allows you to completely remove the file from your account and make room for more images. Vultr only permits two ISO files at a time. Removing an ISO file doesn't affect any Cloud Compute instances you've provisioned using the image.

Follow this guide to delete ISO images for Vultr instances using the Vultr Customer Portal, API, and CLI.

  • Vultr Customer Portal
  • Vultr API
  • Vultr CLI

  1. Navigate to Products and select Orchestration. Then, choose ISOs.

  2. Select the target ISO image from the list and click the delete icon.

    ISO List

  3. Click Delete ISO to confirm.

    Delete ISO Confirmation

  1. Send a GET request to the List ISOs endpoint to list all ISOs.

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

  2. Send a DELETE request to the Delete ISO endpoint and specify an ISO ID to delete the ISO file.

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

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

  1. List all cloud compute instances and note the instance ID.

    console 
    $ vultr-cli instance list

  2. List all ISOs and note the ISO ID.

    console 
    $ vultr-cli iso list

  3. Delete an ISO by specifying an ISO ID.

    console 
    $ vultr-cli iso delete iso_id

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