Deleting a log group

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Updated at June 15, 2026

Note

The name of the default log group is default. You can delete it. However, the system will automatically recreate it if a service or application writes logs targeting the folder ID.

Management console

CLI

Terraform

API

In the management console, select the folder where you want to delete a log group.
Go to Cloud Logging.
Next to 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 used by default is the one specified when creating the CLI profile. To change the default folder, use the yc config set folder-id <folder_ID> command. You can also specify a different folder for any command using --folder-name or --folder-id. If you access a resource by its name, the search will be limited to the default folder. If you access a resource by its ID, the search will be global, i.e., through all folders based on access permissions.

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

To delete a log group, run this 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 the Yandex Cloud provider.

To manage infrastructure using Terraform under a service account or user accounts (a Yandex account, a federated account, or a local user), authenticate using the appropriate method.

To delete a log group created with Terraform:

Open the Terraform configuration file and delete the section describing the log group.

Example of a log group description in the Terraform configuration

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

In the command line, navigate 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
```
You will see a detailed list of resources. No changes will be made at this step. If the configuration contains any errors, Terraform will show them.
Apply the changes:
```
terraform apply
```
Type yes and press Enter to confirm changes.

You can check updates in the management console or using 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 grpcurl. To run this example, authenticate with the API and clone the cloudapi repository.

Run this query:

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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