Terraform CLI Cheat Sheet/Destroy infrastructure

Destroy all resources managed by the current configuration.

Section: Plan and Apply

Destroy infrastructure

bash
bash
terraform destroy
Explanation

Destroy all resources managed by the current configuration.

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