How to Delete Startup Scripts for Vultr Instances

1 min readUpdated 23 October 2026

Permanently delete a Vultr startup script via Console, API, CLI, or Terraform; the deletion cannot be undone.

Deleting Startup Scripts for Vultr instances completely removes the script from your account. This step is necessary if you no longer need to run the commands when provisioning Cloud Compute instances. After deleting a startup script, you can't undo the operation, so you should take great care.

Follow this guide to delete Startup Scripts for Vultr instances using the Vultr Console, API, CLI, or Terraform.

Navigate to Orchestration and select Scripts.
Select the target startup script and click the delete icon to remove the script.
Confirm the new change and click Delete.

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