cdk destroy - AWS Cloud Development Kit (AWS CDK) v2
UsageArgumentsOptionsExamples

This is the AWS CDK v2 Developer Guide. The older CDK v1 entered maintenance on June 1, 2022 and ended support on June 1, 2023.

cdk destroy

Delete one or more AWS CDK stacks from your AWS environment.

When you delete a stack, resources in the stack will be destroyed, unless they were configured with a DeletionPolicy of Retain.

During stack deletion, this command will output progress information similar to cdk deploy behavior.

Usage

$ cdk destroy <arguments> <options>

Arguments

CDK stack logical ID

The logical ID of the CDK stack from your app to delete.

Type: String

Required: No

Options

For a list of global options that work with all CDK CLI commands, see Global options.

--all BOOLEAN

Destroy all available stacks.

Default value: false

--exclusively, -e BOOLEAN

Only destroy requested stacks and don’t include dependencies.

--force, -f BOOLEAN

Do not ask for confirmation before destroying the stacks.

--help, -h BOOLEAN

Show command reference information for the cdk destroy command.

Examples

Delete a stack named MyStackName

$ cdk destroy --app='node bin/main.js' MyStackName