Delete an instance

List all instances:

$ nova list
+--------------------------------------+----------------------+--------+------------+-------------+------------------+
| ID                                   | Name                 | Status | Task State | Power State | Networks         |
+--------------------------------------+----------------------+--------+------------+-------------+------------------+
| 84c6e57d-a6b1-44b6-81eb-fcb36afd31b5 | myCirrosServer       | ACTIVE | None       | Running     | private=10.0.0.3 |
| 8a99547e-7385-4ad1-ae50-4ecfaaad5f42 | myInstanceFromVolume | ACTIVE | None       | Running     | private=10.0.0.4 |
| d7efd3e4-d375-46d1-9d57-372b6e4bdb7f | newServer            | ERROR  | None       | NOSTATE     |                  |
+--------------------------------------+----------------------+--------+------------+-------------+------------------+

Run the nova delete command to delete the instance. The following example shows deletion of the newServer instance, which is in ERROR state:

$ nova delete newServer

The command does not notify that your server was deleted.

To verify that the server was deleted, run the nova list command:

$ nova list
+--------------------------------------+----------------------+--------+------------+-------------+------------------+
| ID                                   | Name                 | Status | Task State | Power State | Networks         |
+--------------------------------------+----------------------+--------+------------+-------------+------------------+
| 84c6e57d-a6b1-44b6-81eb-fcb36afd31b5 | myCirrosServer       | ACTIVE | None       | Running     | private=10.0.0.3 |
| 8a99547e-7385-4ad1-ae50-4ecfaaad5f42 | myInstanceFromVolume | ACTIVE | None       | Running     | private=10.0.0.4 |
+--------------------------------------+----------------------+--------+------------+-------------+------------------+

The deleted instance does not appear in the list.