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# delete

## Usage

```
ionosctl dns record delete [flags]
```

## Aliases

For `record` command:

```
[r]
```

For `delete` command:

```
[del d]
```

## Description

To delete a specific record from a specific zone: ionosctl dns r del --zone ZONE --record RECORD Here, ZONE is the ID or name of the DNS zone from where you want to delete a record, and RECORD is the ID or full name of the DNS record you want to delete.

To delete all records, optionally filtering by partial name and zone: ionosctl dns r delete --all \[--record PARTIAL\_NAME] \[--zone ZONE] Here, --all deletes all DNS records. You can also filter the records to delete by providing a PARTIAL\_NAME that matches part of the name of the records you want to delete. Additionally, you can specify a ZONE to restrict the deletion to a specific DNS zone.

To delete a record by partial name, specifying the zone: ionosctl dns r delete --record PARTIAL\_NAME --zone ZONE Here, PARTIAL\_NAME is a part of the name of the DNS record you want to delete. If multiple records match the partial name, an error will be thrown: you will need to narrow down to a single record

## Options

```
  -a, --all               Delete all records. You can optionally filter the deleted records using --zone (full name / ID) and --record (partial name)
  -u, --api-url string    Override default host URL. If contains placeholder, location will be embedded. Preferred over the config file override 'dns' and env var 'IONOS_API_URL' (default "https://dns.%s.ionos.com")
      --cols strings      Set of columns to be printed on output 
                          Available columns: [Id Name Content Type Enabled FQDN ZoneId ZoneName State]
  -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. When unset, list commands query all locations. Can be one of: de/fra (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
  -r, --record string     The ID, or full name of the DNS record. Required together with --zone. Can also provide partial names, but must narrow down to a single record result if not using --all. If using it, will however delete all records that match.
  -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
  -z, --zone string       The full name or ID of the zone of the containing the target record. If --all is set this is applied as a filter - limiting to records within this zone
```

## Examples

```
ionosctl dns r del --zone ZONE --record RECORD
ionosctl dns r delete --all [--record PARTIAL_NAME] [--zone ZONE]
ionosctl dns r delete --record PARTIAL_NAME --zone ZONE
```


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