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layout: "docs"
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page_title: "Command: destroy"
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sidebar_current: "docs-commands-destroy"
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The `terraform destroy` command is a convenient way to destroy all objects
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managed by a particular Terraform configuration.
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# Command: destroy
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The `terraform destroy` command is a convenient way to destroy all remote
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objects managed by a particular Terraform configuration.
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While you will typically not want to destroy long-lived objects in a production
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environment, Terraform is sometimes used to manage ephemeral infrastructure
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for development purposes, in which case you can use `terraform destroy` to
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conveniently clean up all of those temporary objects once you are finished
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with your work.
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## Usage
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Usage: `terraform destroy [options]`
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This command is just a convenience alias for the following command:
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```
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terraform apply -destroy
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```
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For that reason, this command accepts most of the options that
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[`terraform apply`](./apply.html) accepts, although it does
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not accept a plan file argument and forces the selection of the "destroy"
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planning mode.
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You can also create a speculative destroy plan, to see what the effect of
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destroying would be, by running the following command:
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```
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terraform plan -destroy
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```
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This will run [`terraform plan`](./plan.html) in _destroy_ mode, showing
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you the proposed destroy changes without executing them.
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-> **Note:** The `-destroy` option to `terraform apply` exists only in
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Terraform v1.0 and later. For earlier versions, you _must_ use
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`terraform destroy` to get the effect of `terraform apply -destroy`.
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