# metalcloud-cli infrastructure delete

Delete an infrastructure and all its resources

## Synopsis

Delete an infrastructure and all associated resources including compute instances, 
drives, and network configurations.

WARNING: This operation is irreversible and will permanently destroy all data 
and resources associated with the infrastructure. Make sure to backup any 
important data before proceeding.

The infrastructure must be in a non-deployed state before it can be deleted.
If the infrastructure is currently deployed, you must first revert it to
remove all active resources.

Arguments:
  infrastructure_id_or_label  The ID (numeric) or label (string) of the infrastructure to delete

Examples:
  ## Delete infrastructure by ID
  metalcloud-cli infrastructure delete 123

  ## Delete infrastructure by label
  metalcloud-cli infrastructure delete "test-cluster"

  ## Using the alias
  metalcloud-cli infrastructure rm old-infrastructure

```
metalcloud-cli infrastructure delete infrastructure_id_or_label [flags]
```

### Options

```
  -h, --help   help for delete
```

### Options inherited from parent commands

```
  -k, --api_key string         MetalCloud API key
  -c, --config string          Config file path
  -d, --debug                  Set to enable debug logging
  -e, --endpoint string        MetalCloud API endpoint
  -f, --format string          Output format. Supported values are 'text','csv','md','json','yaml'. (default "text")
  -i, --insecure_skip_verify   Set to allow insecure transport
  -l, --log_file string        Log file path
  -v, --verbosity string       Log level verbosity (default "INFO")
```

### SEE ALSO

* [metalcloud-cli infrastructure](/content/configuration/cli/metalcloud-cli_infrastructure.md)	 - Manage infrastructure resources and configurations

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