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This course is designed to help learners obtain the Terraform Associate certification from HashiCorp. 

You’ve likely picked up this course because you dabbled in Terraform as a hobbyist or in a
development environment, and you’re excited about the possibilities of deploying Infrastructure 
as Code (IaC). It will enable you to sharpen your skills and prove your knowledge with a certification from HashiCorp. Terraform is an amazing tool to deploy Infrastructure as Code in a cloud-agnostic way. We’re excited to share our accumulated knowledge with you through this course.

HashiCorp Terraform Certified Associate Preparation Guide

## Purpose of the `terraform destroy` command

Destroying what we deployed seems counterintuitive, but there are many cases where it might be useful. We might be deploying development environments for a project and want to clean up the resources when the project concludes. We might be building an environment for testing in a CI/CD pipeline and want to tear down the environment when the tests are complete. The `terraform destroy` command is used to destroy Terraform-managed infrastructure.

The `terraform destroy` command is a powerful command. It deletes all resources under management by Terraform. This action can’t be undone. For that reason, Terraform presents an execution plan for all resources that’ll be destroyed and prompts us to confirm before performing the destroy operation.


# Purpose of the `terraform destroy` command

Destroying what we deployed seems counterintuitive, but there are many cases where it might be useful. We might be deploying development environments for a project and want to clean up the resources when the project concludes. We might be building an environment for testing in a CI/CD pipeline and want to tear down the environment when the tests are complete. The `terraform destroy` command is used to destroy Terraform-managed infrastructure.

The `terraform destroy` command is a powerful command. It deletes all resources under management by Terraform. This action can’t be undone. For that reason, Terraform presents an execution plan for all resources that’ll be destroyed and prompts us to confirm before performing the destroy operation.


Learn how to delete an infrastructure managed by Terraform.

Introduction to the Course

Introduction to Infrastructure as Code

Basics of Terraform

Outside the Workflow: Using the Terraform CLI

Terraform Modules

Navigate Terraform Workflow

Implement and Maintain State

Read, Generate, and Modify Configuration

Understand Terraform Enterprise Capabilities

Conclusion

Destroy Terraform-managed Infrastructure

Purpose of the `terraform destroy` command