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6.7. Deleting Instances

A running instance can be deleted using nova delete. The following example shows deleting all running instances.
$ nova list
+--------------------------------------+-------------------+--------+------------------+
|                  ID                  |        Name       | Status |     Networks     |
+--------------------------------------+-------------------+--------+------------------+
| 0e4011a4-3128-4674-ab16-dd1b7ecc126e | rhel              | ACTIVE | demonet=10.0.0.2 |
| ac9e6a9f-58c3-47c3-9b4c-485aa421b8a8 | snapshot-instance | ACTIVE | demonet=10.0.0.4 |
| b8d5c952-f2fc-4556-83f2-57c79378d867 | rhel2             | ACTIVE | demonet=10.0.0.3 |
+--------------------------------------+-------------------+--------+------------------+
$ nova delete 0e4011a4-3128-4674-ab16-dd1b7ecc126e
$ nova delete ac9e6a9f-58c3-47c3-9b4c-485aa421b8a8
$ nova delete b8d5c952-f2fc-4556-83f2-57c79378d867
$ nova list
+----+------+--------+----------+
| ID | Name | Status | Networks |
+----+------+--------+----------+
+----+------+--------+----------+