---
title: "Delete a private cluster"
description: "Delete a TIR Private Cluster once every service on it is removed, and release its nodes back to E2E."
content_type: "how-to"
product: "tir-private-cluster"
platform: "TIR"
url: "/tir/tir-private-cluster/how-to/delete-a-private-cluster/"
topic: ["lifecycle"]
---

# Delete a private cluster

Delete a private cluster once your work on it is finished. Its nodes go back to E2E, its billing stops,
and the delete is permanent.

## Before you begin

- The **Owner** or **Admin** role on the project; only these roles can delete a cluster. See [Nodes,
  projects, and access](/tir/tir-private-cluster/concepts/nodes-projects-and-access/).
- Deleted every instance, model endpoint, training cluster, vector database, and Slurm cluster on
  the cluster, stopped ones included. To find them, check each project's **Deployed Services** on
  **Project Allocations**.

Nodes still allocated to projects are released with the cluster, so you can leave them where they
are.

## Delete the cluster

You pay for a committed cluster's term upfront, so deleting the cluster before the term ends gives
no refund for the time left. A Shared File System, Parallel File System, or dataset attached to a
service on the cluster stays, and keeps its own billing, until you delete it where you manage it.

1. In **Manage Private Cluster**, open the cluster's **Actions** menu and select **Delete Cluster**.
2. Tick "I understand and want to delete private cluster: `<name>`.", where `<name>` is the
   cluster's name. On a committed cluster, the dialog also reminds you that the charges already
   deducted are not refunded.
3. Select **Delete Cluster**.

The cluster leaves the list. If a service is
still on the cluster, TIR refuses the delete and names each one with its status; delete them and try
again.

To build a different cluster, for example one with fewer nodes, see [Create a private
cluster](/tir/tir-private-cluster/how-to/create-a-private-cluster/). For help with a refused
delete, see [Troubleshooting TIR Private
Cluster](/tir/tir-private-cluster/troubleshooting/tir-private-cluster/#deleting-a-cluster-is-refused-with-cannot-delete-private-cluster-with-existing-services).