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layout: "docs"
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page_title: "Commands: KV Delete"
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sidebar_current: "docs-commands-kv-delete"
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---
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# Consul KV Delete
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Command: `consul kv delete`
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The `kv delete` command removes the value from Consul's key-value store at the
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given path. If no key exists at the path, no action is taken.
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## Usage
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Usage: `consul kv delete [options] KEY_OR_PREFIX`
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#### API Options
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<%= partial "docs/commands/http_api_options_client" %>
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<%= partial "docs/commands/http_api_options_server" %>
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#### KV Delete Options
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* `-cas` - Perform a Check-And-Set operation. Specifying this value also
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requires the -modify-index flag to be set. The default value is false.
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* `-modify-index=<int>` - Unsigned integer representing the ModifyIndex of the
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key. This is used in combination with the -cas flag.
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* `-recurse` - Recursively delete all keys with the path. The default value is
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false.
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## Examples
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To remove the value for the key named "redis/config/connections" in the
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key-value store:
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```
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$ consul kv delete redis/config/connections
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Success! Deleted key: redis/config/connections
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```
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If the key does not exist, the command will not error, and a success message
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will be returned:
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```
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$ consul kv delete not-a-real-key
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Success! Deleted key: not-a-real-key
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```
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To only delete a key if it has not been modified since a given index, specify
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the `-cas` and `-modify-index` flags:
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```
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$ consul kv get -detailed redis/config/connections | grep ModifyIndex
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ModifyIndex 456
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$ consul kv delete -cas -modify-index=123 redis/config/connections
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Error! Did not delete key redis/config/connections: CAS failed
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$ consul kv delete -cas -modify-index=456 redis/config/connections
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Success! Deleted key: redis/config/connections
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```
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To recursively delete all keys that start with a given prefix, specify the
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`-recurse` flag:
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```
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$ consul kv delete -recurse redis/
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Success! Deleted keys with prefix: redis/
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```
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!> **Trailing slashes are important** in the recursive delete operation, since
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Consul performs a greedy match on the provided prefix. If you were to use "foo"
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as the key, this would recursively delete any key starting with those letters
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such as "foo", "food", and "football" not just "foo". To ensure you are deleting
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a folder, always use a trailing slash.
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It is not valid to combine the `-cas` option with `-recurse`, since you are
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deleting multiple keys under a prefix in a single operation:
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```
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$ consul kv delete -cas -recurse redis/
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Cannot specify both -cas and -recurse!
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```
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