The `influx bucket delete` command deletes a bucket from InfluxDB and all the data it contains.

## Usage
```sh
influx bucket delete [flags]
```

## Flags
| Flag |                   | Description                                                           | Input type | {{< cli/mapped >}}    |
|:-----|:------------------|:----------------------------------------------------------------------|:----------:|:----------------------|
| `-c` | `--active-config` | CLI configuration to use for command                                  | string     |                       |
|      | `--configs-path`  | Path to `influx` CLI configurations (default `~/.influxdbv2/configs`) | string     | `INFLUX_CONFIGS_PATH` |
| `-h` | `--help`          | Help for the `delete` command                                         |            |                       |
|      | `--hide-headers`  | Hide table headers (default `false`)                                  |            | `INFLUX_HIDE_HEADERS` |
|      | `--host`          | HTTP address of InfluxDB (default `http://localhost:8086`)            | string     | `INFLUX_HOST`         |
|      | `--http-debug`    | Inspect communication with InfluxDB servers.                          | string     |                       |
| `-i` | `--id`            | Bucket ID _(required if no `--name`)_                                 | string     |                       |
|      | `--json`          | Output data as JSON (default `false`)                                 |            | `INFLUX_OUTPUT_JSON`  |
| `-n` | `--name`          | Bucket name _(requires `--org` or `org-id`)_                          | string     |                       |
| `-o` | `--org`           | Organization name (mutually exclusive with `--org-id`)                | string     | `INFLUX_ORG`          |
|      | `--org-id`        | Organization ID (mutually exclusive with `--org`)                     | string     | `INFLUX_ORG_ID`       |
|      | `--skip-verify`   | Skip TLS certificate verification                                     |            | `INFLUX_SKIP_VERIFY`  |
| `-t` | `--token`         | API token                                                             | string     | `INFLUX_TOKEN`        |

## Examples

{{< cli/influx-creds-note >}}

##### Delete a bucket by name
```sh
influx bucket delete --name example-bucket
```

##### Delete a bucket by ID
```sh
influx bucket delete --id 06c86c40a9f36000
```