---
title: "Delete a Kubernetes cluster"
method: DELETE
path: "/v1/kubernetes/clusters/{id}"
tags: ["Kubernetes"]
---

# Delete a Kubernetes cluster

`DELETE /v1/kubernetes/clusters/{id}`

Starts deleting the cluster, its node pools and every node; poll getKubernetesCluster, which answers 404 once deletion completes. Deletion is final: the cluster's state is not kept. Repeating the call finishes a deletion that could not remove everything. Needs clusters:write on an API key, or the owner, admin or member role on a session.

## Path parameters

- `id` string, required

## Response `202`

Deletion started

- KubernetesClusterAccepted — A cluster create or delete was accepted: the cluster's id and its status, creating or deleting. Poll getKubernetesCluster, which answers 404 once a deletion completes.
  - `id` string, uuid, required
  - `status` 'creating' | 'ready' | 'updating' | 'degraded' | 'deleting' | 'failed', required — creating: the control plane is being provisioned, and stays creating until it is serving and authorizes the platform's own writes. ready: fully operational. updating: a control-plane change is in progress. degraded: partially operational, for example the control plane stopped serving or its datastore is write-limited. deleting: deletion is in progress and final. failed: an unrecoverable error.

## Other responses

- `401` — Missing or invalid API key
- `403` — The caller is authenticated but may not do this. The caller's role or the API key's scope does not allow it, or the request targets another organization (FORBIDDEN, or NOT_A_MEMBER for a session), or the organization is suspended pending review (ORG_SUSPENDED) or has been deleted (ORG_DISABLED). A new API key or a wider scope clears neither of the last two; see [Account and balance refusals](https://docs.openrelay.inc/docs/errors#account-and-balance-refusals).
- `404` — Resource not found

## Changes

- **2026-10-03** `bcf63adad2c3` — 1 info
  - endpoint added

[Change history](https://skmtc.dev/openrelay/apis/openrelay-api/changes/v1/kubernetes/clusters/:id/delete.md)

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