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experimental: Removes one cluster from the specified project.
The cluster must have termination protection disabled in order to be deleted. To use this resource, the requesting API Key must have the Project Owner role. This feature is not available for serverless clusters. This endpoint can also be used on Flex clusters that were created using the createCluster endpoint or former M2/M5 clusters that have been migrated to Flex clusters until January 2026. Use the deleteFlexCluster endpoint for Flex clusters instead. This command invokes the endpoint with OperationID: 'deleteCluster'. For more information about flags, format of --file and examples, see: https://www.mongodb.com/docs/atlas/reference/api-resources-spec/v2/#tag/Clusters/operation/deleteCluster
Syntax
atlas api clusters deleteCluster [options]
Options
Name | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
--clusterName | string | true | human-readable label that identifies the cluster |
--envelope | false | flag that indicates whether Application wraps the response in an envelope JSON object | |
--groupId | string | true | unique 24-hexadecimal digit string that identifies your project |
-h, --help | false | help for deleteCluster | |
--output | string | false | preferred api format, can be ["json", go-template] This value defaults to "json". |
--output-file | string | false | file to write the api output to. This flag is required when the output of an endpoint is binary (ex: gzip) and the command is not piped (ex: atlas command > out.zip) |
--pretty | false | flag that indicates whether the response body should be in the prettyprint format | |
--retainBackups | false | flag that indicates whether to retain backup snapshots for the deleted dedicated cluster | |
--version | string | false | api version to use when calling the api call [options: "2023-01-01", "2023-02-01"], defaults to the latest version or the profiles api_version config value if set This value defaults to "2023-02-01". |
-w, --watch | false | Flag that indicates whether to watch the command until it completes its execution or the watch times out. | |
--watchTimeout | int | false | Time in seconds until a watch times out. After a watch times out, the CLI no longer watches the command. |
Inherited Options
Name | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
-P, --profile | string | false | Name of the profile to use from your configuration file. To learn about profiles for the Atlas CLI, see https://dochub.mongodb.org/core/atlas-cli-save-connection-settings. |