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title: Destroying a hosted cluster on bare metal
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# Destroying a hosted cluster on bare metal {#hcp-destroy-bm}

You might want to remove a hosted cluster if you are no longer using it, you are trying to reduce resources, or the hosted cluster is experiencing issues that are difficult to resolve.

## Destroying a hosted cluster on bare metal by using the CLI {#destroy-hc-bm-cli_hcp-destroy-bm}

If you created a hosted cluster by using the command-line interface (CLI), you can destroy that hosted cluster and its back-end resources by running a command.

**Procedure**

- Delete the hosted cluster and its back-end resources by running the following command:

  ```terminal
  $ oc delete -f <hosted_cluster_config>.yaml
  ```

  Specify the name of the configuration YAML file that was rendered when you created the hosted cluster.

  > [!NOTE]
  > If you created the hosted cluster without specifying the `--render` and `--render-sensitive` flags in its configuration file, you must remove its back-end resources manually.

## Destroying a hosted cluster on bare metal by using the web console {#destroy-hc-bm-console_hcp-destroy-bm}

You can use the multicluster engine Operator web console to destroy a hosted cluster on bare metal.

**Procedure**

1. In the console, click **Infrastructure** → **Clusters**.
2. On the **Clusters** page, select the cluster that you want to destroy.
3. In the **Actions** menu, select **Destroy clusters** to remove the cluster.