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title: Delete agents from Telegraf Controller
description: Remove individual or multiple Telegraf agents from Telegraf Controller.
url: https://docs.influxdata.com/telegraf/controller/agents/delete/
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date: '2025-12-31T14:49:32-07:00'
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---

Remove individual or multiple Telegraf agents from Telegraf Controller.

* [Delete a single agent](#delete-a-single-agent)
* [Delete multiple agents](#delete-multiple-agents)
* [Automatically delete agents](#automatically-delete-agents)

> [!Note]
> Deleting an agent from Telegraf Controller does not affect the running
> Telegraf instance; it only deletes the record of the agent from Telegraf
> Controller.

## Delete a single agent

1. In **Agents**, find the agent you want to remove.
2. Click the **More button (⋮)** and select **Delete Agent**.
3. Confirm the deletion.

## Delete multiple agents

1. In **Agents**, select the checkboxes for the agents you want to remove.
2. Select  **Delete Agents**.
3. Confirm the deletion.

## Automatically delete agents

Use [reporting rules](/telegraf/controller/agents/reporting-rules) to
automatically delete agents that have not reported in a specified amount of time.

1. [Create a reporting rule](/telegraf/controller/agents/reporting-rules/#create-a-reporting-rule)with auto-delete enabled.
2. [Assign the newly created rule to agents](/telegraf/controller/agents/reporting-rules/#assign-a-reporting-rule-to-agents).

If agents assigned to the reporting rule do not report in the defined auto-delete
threshold, they are automatically deleted.