// Module included in the following assemblies:
//
// * networking/network_policy/deleting-network-policy.adoc
// * networking/multiple_networks/configuring-multi-network-policy.adoc
// * microshift_networking/microshift-network-policy/microshift-editing-network-policy.adoc

:name: network
:role: admin
ifeval::["{context}" == "configuring-multi-network-policy"]
:multi:
:name: multi-network
:role: cluster-admin
endif::[]

:_mod-docs-content-type: PROCEDURE
[id="nw-networkpolicy-delete-cli_{context}"]
= Deleting a {name} policy using the CLI

You can delete a {name} policy in a namespace.

ifndef::multi,microshift[]
[NOTE]
====
If you log in with a user with the `cluster-admin` role, then you can delete any network policy in the cluster.
====
endif::multi,microshift[]

.Prerequisites
ifndef::microshift[]
* Your cluster uses a network plugin that supports `NetworkPolicy` objects, such as the OVN-Kubernetes network plugin or the OpenShift SDN network plugin with `mode: NetworkPolicy` set. This mode is the default for OpenShift SDN.
endif::microshift[]
* You installed the OpenShift CLI (`oc`).
ifndef::microshift[]
* You are logged in to the cluster with a user with `{role}` privileges.
endif::microshift[]
* You are working in the namespace where the {name} policy exists.

.Procedure

* To delete a {name} policy object, enter the following command:
+
[source,terminal,subs="attributes+"]
----
$ oc delete {name}policy <policy_name> -n <namespace>
----
+
--
where:

`<policy_name>`:: Specifies the name of the {name} policy.
`<namespace>`:: Optional: Specifies the namespace if the object is defined in a different namespace than the current namespace.
--
+
.Example output
[source,text]
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ifndef::multi[]
networkpolicy.networking.k8s.io/default-deny deleted
endif::multi[]
ifdef::multi[]
multinetworkpolicy.k8s.cni.cncf.io/default-deny deleted
endif::multi[]
----

ifdef::multi[]
:!multi:
endif::multi[]
:!name:
:!role:

ifndef::microshift[]
[NOTE]
====
If you log in to the web console with `cluster-admin` privileges, you have a choice of deleting a network policy in any namespace in the cluster directly in YAML or from the policy in the web console through the *Actions* menu.
====
endif::microshift[]