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topic delete

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kafka topic delete <topics...>

Delete one or more topics

Flags

Flag Description
--brokers <string> comma-separated broker list, e.g. localhost:9092
--if-exists treat a missing topic as success
--yes confirm the deletion without an interactive prompt
--force override the internal-topic and batch-size safety checks

Examples

kafka topic delete orders --brokers localhost:9092 --yes
kafka topic delete __consumer_offsets --brokers localhost:9092 --yes --force