---
title: kapacitor delete
description: The kapacitor delete command deletes tasks, templates, recordings, replays, topics, or handlers.
url: https://docs.influxdata.com/kapacitor/v1/reference/cli/kapacitor/delete/
estimated_tokens: 297
product: Kapacitor
version: v1
publisher: InfluxData
canonical: https://docs.influxdata.com/kapacitor/v1/reference/cli/kapacitor/delete/
date: '2023-10-03T10:49:57-06:00'
lastmod: '2023-10-03T10:49:57-06:00'
---

The `kapacitor delete` command deletes tasks, templates, recordings, replays,
topics, or handlers.

## Usage

```sh
kapacitor delete <resource-type> [<topic>] [<resource-id-or-pattern>]
```

## Arguments

* **resource-type**: Resource type to delete.
  The following resource types can be deleted:

  * `tasks`
  * `templates`
  * `recordings`
  * `replays`
  * `topics`
  * `topic-handlers`

* **topic**: Topic to delete a handler from. *Only required when deleting a handler*.

* **resource-id-or-pattern**: Resource ID or glob pattern to match resource IDs
  to delete.

## Examples

* [Delete a task](#delete-a-task)
* [Delete tasks matching a glob pattern](#delete-tasks-matching-a-glob-pattern)
* [Delete a recording](#delete-a-recording)
* [Delete a handler](#delete-a-handler)

### Delete a task

```sh
kapacitor delete tasks my_task
```

### Delete tasks matching a glob pattern

```sh
kapacitor delete tasks *_alert
```

### Delete a recording

```sh
kapacitor delete recordings b0a2ba8a-aeeb-45ec-bef9-1a2939963586
```

### Delete a handler

To delete a handler, specify the topic before the handler ID or glob pattern.

```sh
kapacitor delete topic-handlers system slack
```