---
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/
estimated_tokens: 1275
product: Telegraf
version: v1
---

# Delete agents from Telegraf Controller

#### Telegraf Controller is in Public Beta

Telegraf Controller is in public beta and will be part of the future Telegraf Enterprise offering. While in beta, Telegraf Controller is **not meant for production use**. The Telegraf Controller documentation is a work in progress, and we are actively working to improve it. If you have any questions or suggestions, please [submit an issue](https://github.com/influxdata/docs-v2/issues/new?labels=Telegraf%20Controller). We welcome any and all contributions.

Beta expectations

-   **No configuration or agent limits**  
    While in beta, Telegraf Controller doesn't place any limits on the number of configurations you can store or the number of Telegraf agents you can track. However, upon being generally available, the free distribution of Telegraf Controller will have limits introduced, with the option to increase limits through a Telegraf Enterprise license.
-   **Potential breaking changes**  
    While in beta, we will do our best to no longer make breaking changes to Telegraf Controller, however, they may be necessary. The majority of changes we make will be additive and non-breaking, and include any necessary migrations. When we do need to make breaking changes, we will do our best to communicate them clearly and in advance to minimize disruption.
-   **Flexible release schedule**  
    While in beta, we will continue to create new releases of Telegraf Controller, but likely at irregular intervals. We will provide [Telegraf Controller release notes](/telegraf/controller/reference/release-notes/) to make it easy to track updates.

Provide beta feedback

-   Use the **Feedback** feature in the Telegraf Controller UI.
-   [Join the InfluxDB Community Slack](https://influxdata.com/slack) and post feedback in the **#telegraf-enterprise-alpha** channel.
-   Post feedback in the [InfluxData Community](https://community.influxdata.com).

Join our public channels

-   [InfluxDB Community Slack *(Preferred)*](https://influxdata.com/slack)
-   [InfluxData Community](https://community.influxdata.com)
-   [InfluxDB Subreddit](https://reddit.com/r/influxdb)

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)

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.