Uninstall Helm Release

One day we might find that we don’t need an application anymore so we want to delete it. Helm, as a mature package management tool, offers this functionality as well.

How to uninstall Helm release

With a simple helm uninstall command we can achieve exactly this. Here is a short output that gets more information about the command:

The output will be as follows:

This command takes a release name and uninstalls the release.

It removes all of the resources associated with the last release of the chart
as well as the release history, freeing it up for future use.

Use the '--dry-run' flag to see which releases will be uninstalled without actually
uninstalling them.

Usage:
  helm uninstall RELEASE_NAME [...] [flags]

Aliases:
  uninstall, del, delete, un

Flags:
      --description string   add a custom description
      --dry-run              simulate a uninstall
  -h, --help                 help for uninstall
      --keep-history         remove all associated resources and mark the release as deleted, but retain the release history
      --no-hooks             prevent hooks from running during uninstallation
      --timeout duration     time to wait for any individual Kubernetes operation (like Jobs for hooks) (default 5m0s)