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description: The tofu workspace delete command is used to delete a workspace.
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---
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# Command: workspace delete
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The `tofu workspace delete` command is used to delete an existing workspace.
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## Usage
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Usage: `tofu workspace delete [OPTIONS] NAME [DIR]`
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This command will delete the specified workspace.
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To delete a workspace, it must already exist, it must not be tracking resources,
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and it must not be your current workspace. If the workspace is tracking resources,
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OpenTofu will not allow you to delete it unless the `-force` flag is specified.
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Additionally, different [backends](../../../language/settings/backends/configuration.mdx#backend-types) may implement other
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restrictions on whether a workspace is considered safe to delete without the `-force` flag, such as whether the workspace is locked.
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If you delete a workspace which is tracking resources (via `-force`), then resources
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may become "dangling". These are resources that physically exist but that
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OpenTofu can no longer manage. This is sometimes preferred: you may want
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OpenTofu to stop managing resources, so they can be managed some other way.
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Most of the time, however, this is not intended and so OpenTofu protects you
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from getting into this situation.
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The command-line flags are all optional. The only supported flags are:
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* `-force` - Delete the workspace even if it is tracking resources. After deletion, OpenTofu can no longer track or manage the workspace's infrastructure. Defaults to false.
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* `-lock=false` - Don't hold a state lock during the operation. This is
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dangerous if others might concurrently run commands against the same
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workspace.
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* `-lock-timeout=DURATION` - Duration to retry a state lock. Default 0s.
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## Example
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```
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$ tofu workspace delete example
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Deleted workspace "example".
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```
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