Help Center/ Distributed Message Service for RocketMQ/ User Guide/ Configuring a Topic/ Managing Topics/ Deleting a RocketMQ Topic
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Deleting a RocketMQ Topic

If a topic is no longer used, you can delete it to release resources by referring to this section.

Topics can be deleted only when the instance is in the Running state.

Notes and Constraints

Deleting a topic clears the topic data permanently. Related services will be affected.

Prerequisite

A topic has been created.

Deleting a Topic

  1. Log in to the RocketMQ console.
  2. Click a RocketMQ instance name to go to the instance overview page.
  3. In the navigation pane, choose Instance > Topics.
  4. Delete topics in any of the following ways:

    Exercise caution when deleting topics because data will be lost.

    • In the row containing the topic to be deleted, click Delete.
    • Click a topic to go to the topic details page and then click Delete in the upper right corner.
    • To delete multiple topics at a time, select the topics, and click Delete Topic above the topic list.

  5. Click OK.

Related Document

To delete a topic by calling an API, see Deleting a Topic or Creating a Topic or Deleting Topics in Batches.

Parent Topic: Managing Topics