# How to delete a cluster

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-delete-a-cluster/147295>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [September 5, 2018, 3:35am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-delete-a-cluster/147295 "2018-09-05T03:35:24Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![prabhin](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/prabhin/32/34540_2.png) [@prabhin](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/prabhin)\
**Post date:** [September 5, 2018, 3:35am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-delete-a-cluster/147295/1 "2018-09-05T03:35:24Z")

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how to delete a cluster?

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**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\
**Post date:** [September 5, 2018, 3:46am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-delete-a-cluster/147295/2 "2018-09-05T03:46:18Z")

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What are you trying to achieve with this?

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**Author:** ![prabhin](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/prabhin/32/34540_2.png) [@prabhin](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/prabhin)\
**Post date:** [September 5, 2018, 4:29am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-delete-a-cluster/147295/3 "2018-09-05T04:29:43Z")

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if i need to remove the existing cluster and recreate new one. how should i do it?

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**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\
**Post date:** [September 5, 2018, 4:31am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-delete-a-cluster/147295/4 "2018-09-05T04:31:04Z")

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Just delete all the indices and start again.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2018, 4:31am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-delete-a-cluster/147295/5 "2018-10-03T04:31:08Z")

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