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datumctl compute destroy removes a workload and every instance it created, across every city it was placed in:
Before deleting anything, it prints a summary of what’s about to go — the number of placements, the cities involved, and total minimum replicas — then asks for confirmation. Pass -y/--yes to skip the prompt in scripts and CI:
Unlike datumctl delete elsewhere in the CLI, destroy has no --dry-run and there’s no diff equivalent to preview it. The confirmation prompt is your only checkpoint — read the summary it prints, or check the workload yourself first:

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Next steps

  • datumctl compute destroy --help for the full flag reference.
  • Deploying workloads — redeploy the workload later from the same manifest or image.
  • Operations — restart or check instances before you decide to remove a workload altogether.
Last modified on September 2, 2026