How to Delete Volumes from Kubernetes Clusters

Validated on 12 Mar 2021 • Last edited on 11 Mar 2024

DigitalOcean Kubernetes (DOKS) is a managed Kubernetes service that lets you deploy Kubernetes clusters without the complexities of handling the control plane and containerized infrastructure. Clusters are compatible with standard Kubernetes toolchains, integrate natively with DigitalOcean Load Balancers and volumes, and can be managed programmatically using the API and command line. For critical workloads, add the high-availability control plane to increase uptime with 99.95% SLA.

You’ll typically use a volume when you want data to persist after a container process exits. If you delete volumes with kubectl using the pvc option, the volume will be permanently deleted.

When you delete a cluster from the control panel, you can select the associated volumes to delete them automatically. You can select a subset or all the volumes associated with the cluster.

Delete volumes

You can also manually delete the associated volumes from the control panel. In this case, visit the control panel and manually delete the volume.

While you can currently delete volumes and load balancers from the control panel, we recommend using kubectl to manage all cluster-related resources.

You can also use doctl or the API to delete the associated resources automatically when you destroy a cluster.

For more about managing persistent volumes, see:

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