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page_title: 'Commands: namespace delete'
sidebar_title: delete
description: |
  The namespace delete command is used to delete a namespace.
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# Command: namespace delete

The `namespace delete` command is used delete a namespace.

~> Namespaces are open source in Nomad 1.0. Namespaces were Enterprise-only
   when introduced in Nomad 0.7.

## Usage

```plaintext
nomad namespace delete [options] <namespace>
```

The `namespace delete` command requires the name of the namespace to be deleted.

If ACLs are enabled, this command requires a management ACL token.

## General Options

@include 'general_options_no_namespace.mdx'

## Examples

Delete a namespace

```shell-session
$ nomad namespace delete api-prod
Successfully deleted namespace "api-prod"!
```