Delete a TiDB Cluster

This document describes how to delete a TiDB cluster on TiDB Cloud.

You can delete a cluster at any time by performing the following steps:

1. Navigate to the Clusters page of your project.

2. In the row of your target cluster to be deleted, click ....

   Tip

   Alternatively, you can also click the name of the target cluster to go to its overview page, and then click ... in the upper-right corner.

3. Click Delete in the drop-down menu.

4. In the cluster deleting window, enter your <organization name>/<project name>/<cluster name>.

   If you want to restore the cluster sometime in the future, make sure that you have a backup of the cluster. Otherwise, you cannot restore it anymore. For more information about how to back up TiDB Dedicated clusters, see Back Up and Restore TiDB Dedicated Data.

   Note

   TiDB Serverless clusters only support in-place restoring from backups and do not support restoring data after the deletion. If you want to delete a TiDB Serverless cluster and restore its data in the future, you can use Dumpling to export your data as a backup.

5. Click I understand the consequences. Delete this cluster.

   Once a backed up TiDB Dedicated cluster is deleted, the existing backup files of the cluster are moved to the recycle bin.

• For backup files from an automatic backup, the recycle bin can retain them for 7 days.

• For backup files from a manual backup, there is no expiration date.

  If you want to restore a TiDB Dedicated cluster from recycle bin, see Restore a deleted cluster.