Deleting a DNS zone

If you do not have the Yandex Cloud command line interface yet, install and initialize it.

The folder specified in the CLI profile is used by default. You can specify a different folder using the --folder-name or --folder-id parameter.

1. View a description of the CLI delete zone command:

   yc dns zone delete --help
   

2. Get a list of all DNS zones in the default folder:

   yc dns zone list
   

3. Select the ID or NAME of the zone.

4. Delete the zone from the default folder:

   yc dns zone delete <zone_name_or_ID>
   

If you don't have Terraform, install it and configure the Yandex Cloud provider.

To delete a DNS zone created using Terraform:

1. Open the Terraform configuration file and delete the fragment with the DNS zone description.

   Example DNS zone description in the Terraform configuration

   resource "yandex_vpc_network" "foo" {}
   
   resource "yandex_dns_zone" "zone1" {
     name        = "my-public-zone"
     description = "Test public zone"
   
     labels = {
       label1 = "test-public"
     }
   
     zone = "test.example-public2.com."
   }
   

2. In the command line, go to the directory with the Terraform configuration file.

3. Check the configuration using this command:

   terraform validate
   

   If the configuration is correct, you will get this message:

   Success! The configuration is valid.
   

4. Run this command:

   terraform plan
   

   The terminal will display a list of resources with parameters. No changes will be made at this step. If the configuration contains any errors, Terraform will point them out.

5. Apply the configuration changes:

   terraform apply
   

6. Confirm the changes: type yes into the terminal and press Enter.

   You can check the DNS zone deletion using the management console or this CLI command:

   yc dns zone list
   

To delete a DNS zone, use the delete REST API method for the DnsZone resource or the DnsZoneService/Delete gRPC API call.