# Delete a server

Permanently destroy a server at your provider and remove it and its sites from Nuvlo, with control over what happens to its snapshots and backups.

## Before you start

- The owner or admin role in your Nuvlo account.
- The provider account that owns the server still connected to Nuvlo.
- Backups of anything you want to keep. See [Back up a site](https://app.nuvlo.dev/docs/back-up-a-site).

## Step 1: Open Delete server

Open the server, click the **Settings** tab and scroll to **Danger zone**. Click **Delete server**.

![The Danger zone card with the Disconnect server and Delete server rows](https://app.nuvlo.dev/docs/shots/disconnect-a-server--danger-zone.webp)

You can also delete from the row menu on the [Servers](https://app.nuvlo.dev/dashboard/servers) page. That dialog asks about snapshots too, but not about automatic backups.

Contabo servers have no **Delete server** button. They are cancelled instead, see [Manage a Contabo server](https://app.nuvlo.dev/docs/manage-a-contabo-server).

## Step 2: Type the server name

Under **Type** with the server's name **to confirm**, type the name exactly. The copy button next to it copies the name.

![The Delete server dialog with the name confirmation field and the snapshot checkbox](https://app.nuvlo.dev/docs/shots/delete-a-server--dialog.webp)

## Step 3: Decide about snapshots

If the server has snapshots, the box **Also delete its snapshots** (with the number of snapshots) is ticked. Untick it to keep them. Kept snapshots stay under Backups, where you can restore them to a new server or delete them later. The provider keeps billing for them. See [Server snapshots](https://app.nuvlo.dev/docs/server-snapshots).

## Step 4: Keep the latest backup (Hetzner)

On Hetzner servers with automatic backups, tick **Keep its latest automatic backup as a snapshot** to save the newest backup before the server is deleted. It is billed as a snapshot. The other automatic backups are deleted with the server. See [Provider backups](https://app.nuvlo.dev/docs/provider-backups).

## Step 5: Delete

Click the **Delete** button with the server's name. Nuvlo deletes the server at the provider first and removes it from Nuvlo only after the provider confirms.

> **Warning:** Deleting can't be undone. The server's disk and every site on it are destroyed.

## What is deleted where

In Nuvlo, the server, its sites, their domains, deployment history and saved deploy logs are removed.

| Provider | Server | Snapshots | Automatic backups |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Hetzner | Deleted right away | Your choice | Deleted with the server, unless you keep the latest as a snapshot |
| DigitalOcean | Deleted right away | Your choice | Kept by DigitalOcean for up to 4 weeks, then removed |
| Vultr | Deleted right away | Your choice | Kept by Vultr for up to 7 days, then removed |
| Linode | Deleted right away | Your choice | Deleted with the server; billing for them stops |
| UpCloud, Scaleway, AWS, Google Cloud | Deleted right away | Your choice | Not offered through Nuvlo |
| Exoscale | Deleted right away | Deleted with the server | Not offered through Nuvlo |
| Contabo | Contract cancelled; runs until the paid period ends, then Contabo removes it | Removed with the server | Not offered through Nuvlo |

## Troubleshooting

| Message | What to do |
| --- | --- |
| No API token is connected (for the provider) | Reconnect the provider account that owns the server, then delete again. |
| It could not be found in any connected project/account | If you already deleted the server at the provider, use [Disconnect](https://app.nuvlo.dev/docs/disconnect-a-server) to remove it from Nuvlo. Otherwise connect the account that owns it. |
| This server is still being created at the provider | Wait until creation finishes, then delete it. |

When deleting fails at the provider, nothing is removed from Nuvlo, so you can safely try again.

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Source: https://app.nuvlo.dev/docs/delete-a-server