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# delete

## Usage

```
ionosctl kafka cluster delete [flags]
```

## Aliases

For `cluster` command:

```
[cl]
```

For `delete` command:

```
[del d]
```

## Description

Delete a cluster

## Options

```
  -a, --all                 Delete all records if set (required)
  -u, --api-url string      Override default host URL. If contains placeholder, location will be embedded. Preferred over the config file override 'kafka' and env var 'IONOS_API_URL' (default "https://kafka.%s.ionos.com")
  -i, --cluster-id string   The ID of the cluster you want to retrieve (required)
      --cols strings        Set of columns to be printed on output 
                            Available columns: [Id Name Version Size DatacenterId LanId BrokerAddresses State StateMessage]
  -c, --config string       Configuration file used for authentication (default "$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/ionosctl/config.yaml")
  -D, --depth int           Level of detail for response objects (default 1)
  -F, --filters strings     Limit results to results containing the specified filter:KEY1=VALUE1,KEY2=VALUE2
  -f, --force               Force command to execute without user input
  -h, --help                Print usage
      --limit int           Maximum number of items to return per request (default 50)
  -l, --location string     Location of the resource to operate on. Can be one of: de/fra, de/txl, es/vit, gb/lhr, gb/bhx, us/ewr, us/las, us/mci, fr/par (default "de/fra")
      --no-headers          Don't print table headers when table output is used
      --offset int          Number of items to skip before starting to collect the results
      --order-by string     Property to order the results by
  -o, --output string       Desired output format [text|json|api-json] (default "text")
      --query string        JMESPath query string to filter the output
  -q, --quiet               Quiet output
  -t, --timeout int         Timeout in seconds for --wait and other wait operations (default 600)
  -v, --verbose count       Increase verbosity level [-v, -vv, -vvv]
  -w, --wait                Wait for the resource to reach AVAILABLE state after the command completes. No-op for list commands
```

## Examples

```
ionosctl kafka cl delete --cluster-id ID
```


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