# Manual delete a server

**URL:** <https://community.netdata.cloud/t/manual-delete-a-server/7227>\
**Category:** Help\
**Tags:** cloud\
**Created:** [January 31, 2025, 12:59am UTC](https://community.netdata.cloud/t/manual-delete-a-server/7227 "2025-01-31T00:59:22Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![georgekatakos](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/community.netdata.cloud/georgekatakos/32/4362_2.png) [@georgekatakos](https://community.netdata.cloud/u/georgekatakos)\
**Post date:** [January 31, 2025, 12:59am UTC](https://community.netdata.cloud/t/manual-delete-a-server/7227/1 "2025-01-31T00:59:22Z")

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Hello,

Is there any way to set manually the server offline so I can delete from the nodes?

Kind regards,

George

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**Author:** ![ilyam8](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/community.netdata.cloud/ilyam8/32/134_2.png) [@ilyam8](https://community.netdata.cloud/u/ilyam8)\
**Post date:** [January 31, 2025, 8:52am UTC](https://community.netdata.cloud/t/manual-delete-a-server/7227/2 "2025-01-31T08:52:37Z")

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Hi. Do you mean how to remove a stale child node from a parent node?

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**Author:** ![georgekatakos](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/community.netdata.cloud/georgekatakos/32/4362_2.png) [@georgekatakos](https://community.netdata.cloud/u/georgekatakos)\
**Post date:** [February 3, 2025, 10:07pm UTC](https://community.netdata.cloud/t/manual-delete-a-server/7227/3 "2025-02-03T22:07:45Z")

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Hi. No parent node. I have just 3 nodes that the servers do not exist anymore and I don’t have access. I need to remove them from Netdata but the recycle bin icon is disabled because the node needs to be offline.

How I can set it offline and delete it?

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**Author:** ![ilyam8](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/community.netdata.cloud/ilyam8/32/134_2.png) [@ilyam8](https://community.netdata.cloud/u/ilyam8)\
**Post date:** [February 4, 2025, 9:46am UTC](https://community.netdata.cloud/t/manual-delete-a-server/7227/4 "2025-02-04T09:46:30Z")

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I think it is not possible if the node is still connected.

> the servers do not exist anymore

What do you mean by “not exist anymore”? If it would be the case the node’d be offline.

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**Author:** ![georgekatakos](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/community.netdata.cloud/georgekatakos/32/4362_2.png) [@georgekatakos](https://community.netdata.cloud/u/georgekatakos)\
**Post date:** [February 4, 2025, 9:05pm UTC](https://community.netdata.cloud/t/manual-delete-a-server/7227/5 "2025-02-04T21:05:29Z")

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I mean that the server is decommissioned and formatted. How is it possible to be connected?

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**Author:** ![ilyam8](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/community.netdata.cloud/ilyam8/32/134_2.png) [@ilyam8](https://community.netdata.cloud/u/ilyam8)\
**Post date:** [February 5, 2025, 10:00am UTC](https://community.netdata.cloud/t/manual-delete-a-server/7227/6 "2025-02-05T10:00:02Z")

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> the recycle bin icon is disabled because the node needs to be offline

Could you clarify its current status? I had assumed it was connected since you mentioned it wasn’t offline