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Destroying a DigitalOcean MicroVM permanently deletes the MicroVM and the data on its disk. Its checkpoints are not deleted. To delete checkpoints, see How to Checkpoint a MicroVM.

Destroy a MicroVM Using the Control Panel

Go to the MicroVMs page, select the MicroVM, click the Settings tab, then click Destroy. You can also open the MicroVM’s … menu on the MicroVMs page and click Destroy.

In the Destroy MicroVM window, type the MicroVM’s name into the field, then click Destroy.

Destroy a MicroVM Using doctl

Delete the MicroVM. You can pass more than one MicroVM ID. The command prompts for confirmation, and --force skips the prompt:

doctl compute microvm delete <your-microvm-id>

Destroy a MicroVM Using the API

Send a DELETE request to /v2/microvms/<your-microvm-id>:

curl -X DELETE \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $DIGITALOCEAN_TOKEN" \
  "https://api.digitalocean.com/v2/microvms/<your-microvm-id>"

A successful request returns HTTP 204.