# Delete a Flow Log
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**Prerequisites:**
* Only contract administrators, owners, and users with the **Create Flow logs** permission can delete a flow log. Ensure that you have the necessary permission and sufficient memory available.
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To delete a flow log, follow these steps:
1\. In the **DCD**, go to **Menu** > **Virtual Data Centers**.
2\. Open the required data center.
3\. Select the relevant VM for which you want to delete the flow logs. Open the properties of the Network Interface Controller (NIC) and select the **Network** tab.
4\. Select the **Flow Log** drop-down list.
5\. Select the  to delete the flow log. Confirm your selection by selecting **OK**.
6\. Select **Provision changes**. After provisioning, the network interface's flow logs are deleted successfully and no longer captured.
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**Result:** The flow log is deleted successfully.
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**Note:** Deleting a flow log does not delete the existing log streams from your bucket. Existing flow log data must be deleted using the respective service console. In addition, deleting a flow log that publishes to space.vars.ionos\_cloud\_object\_storage does not remove the bucket policies and log file Access Control Lists (ACLs).
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