Deleting a log group

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Updated at May 5, 2025

Note

The name of the default log group is default. The group can be deleted. However, if a service or application writes logs and the folder ID is indicated as the destination, it will be automatically recreated.

Management console

CLI

Terraform

API

In the management console, select the folder where you want to delete a log group.
Select Cloud Logging.
In the line with the log group, click and select Delete.
In the window that opens, click Delete.

If you do not have the Yandex Cloud CLI yet, install and initialize it.

The folder specified when creating the CLI profile is used by default. To change the default folder, use the yc config set folder-id <folder_ID> command. You can specify a different folder using the --folder-name or --folder-id parameter.

To access a log group, use its name or unique ID. To find them, get a list of log groups in the folder.

To delete a log group, run the command:

yc logging group delete --name=group

Result:

done (1s)
id: af3flf29t8**********
folder_id: aoek6qrs8t**********
cloud_id: aoegtvhtp8**********
created_at: "2023-06-24T09:56:38.970Z"
name: group
status: ACTIVE
retention_period: 3600s

If you do not have Terraform yet, install it and configure its Yandex Cloud provider.

To delete a log group created with Terraform:

Open the Terraform configuration file and delete the log group description fragment.

Example log group description in Terraform configuration

...
resource "yandex_logging_group" "group1" {
  name      = "test-logging-group"
  folder_id = "${data.yandex_resourcemanager_folder.test_folder.id}"
}
...

In the command line, go to the directory with the Terraform configuration file.
Check the configuration using this command:
```
terraform validate
```
If the configuration is correct, you will get this message:
```
Success! The configuration is valid.
```
Run this command:
```
terraform plan
```
The terminal will display a list of resources with their parameters. No changes will be made at this step. If the configuration contains any errors, Terraform will point them out.
Apply the configuration changes:
```
terraform apply
```
Confirm the changes: type yes into the terminal and press Enter.

You can check the updates using the management console or this CLI command:
```
yc logging group list
```

To delete a custom log group, use the delete REST API method for the LogGroup resource or the LogGroupService/Delete gRPC API call.

Request example

The example below uses the grpcurl utility. To use the example, authenticate in the API and clone the cloudapi repository.

Run this request:

grpcurl -rpc-header "Authorization: Bearer $(yc iam create-token)" \
   -d '{"log_group_id": "<log_group_ID>"}' \
   -import-path ~/cloudapi/ \
   -import-path ~/cloudapi/third_party/googleapis/ \
   -proto ~/cloudapi/yandex/cloud/logging/v1/log_group_service.proto \
logging.api.cloud.yandex.net:443 yandex.cloud.logging.v1.LogGroupService.Delete

Response:

{
  "id": "e23omac87b3a********",
  "description": "Delete log group",
  "createdAt": "2023-03-25T05:48:01.626155032Z",
  "createdBy": "ajego134p5h1********",
  "modifiedAt": "2023-03-25T05:48:01.626155032Z",
  "metadata": {
    "@type": "type.googleapis.com/yandex.cloud.logging.v1.DeleteLogGroupMetadata",
    "logGroupId": "e23ff0on5amv********"
  }
}

Deleting a log group

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