Deleting Kafka Instances

Scenario

For pay-per-use Kafka instances, you can delete one or more of them in batches on the console. For yearly/monthly Kafka instances, if you no longer need them, choose More > Unsubscribe in the Operation column. Kafka instances will be automatically deleted upon unsubscription.

Deleting a Kafka instance will delete the data in the instance without any backup. Exercise caution when performing this operation.

Prerequisites

The status of the Kafka instance you want to delete is Running, Faulty, or Frozen.

Deleting Kafka Instances

1. Log in to the console.
2. Click in the upper left corner to select a region.
   

   Select the region where your Kafka instance is located.

3. Click and choose Middleware > Distributed Message Service (for Kafka) to open the console of DMS for Kafka.
4. Delete pay-per-use Kafka instances in either of the following ways:
   • Select one or more Kafka instances and click Delete in the upper left corner.
   • In the row containing the Kafka instance to be deleted, choose More > Delete.
   • Click the desired Kafka instance to view its details. In the upper right corner, choose More > Delete.
   

   Kafka instances in the Creating, Starting, Changing, Change failed, or Restarting state cannot be deleted.

5. In the Delete Instance dialog box, enter DELETE and click OK to delete the Kafka instance.

   It takes 1 to 60 seconds to delete a Kafka instance.