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:

Navigate to the Clusters page.
Locate the cluster that you want to delete, and click ... in the upper-right corner of the cluster area.
Tip
Alternatively, you can also click the name of the cluster that you want to delete on the Clusters page and click ... in the upper-right corner.
Click Delete in the drop-down menu.
In the cluster deleting window, enter the 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 Dedicated Tier clusters, see Back up and Restore TiDB Cluster Data.
Note
For Developer Tier clusters, the backup and restore feature is unavailable. You can use Dumpling to export your data as a backup.
Click I understand the consequences, delete this cluster.
Once a backed up Dedicated Tier 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 cluster from recycle bin, see Restore a deleted cluster.