Delete topic in Kafka 0 8 1 1

Question

I need to delete the topic test in Apache Kafka 0 8 1 1   As expressed in the documentation here  I have executed   bin kafka-topics sh --zookeeper localhost 2181 --delete --topic test   However  this results in the following message   Command must include exactly one action  --list  --describe  --create or --alter   How can I delete this topic

User · Answer

bin kafka-topics sh    delete    zookeeper localhost 2181    topic  lt topic-name gt

User · Answer

Step 1  Make sure you are connected to zookeeper and Kafka running   Step 2  To delele the Kafka topic run Kafka-topic  Mac  or Kafka-topic sh if use  linux Mac  add the port and --topic with name of your topic and --delete it just delete the topic with success      Delete the kafka topic   it will delete the kafka topic kafka-topics --zookeeper 127 0 0 1 2181 --topic name of topic --delete   or kafka-topics sh --zookeeper 127 0 0 1 2181 --topic name of topic --delete

User · Answer

As mentioned in doc here      Topic deletion option is disabled by default  To enable it set the server config   delete topic enable true   Kafka does not currently support reducing the number of partitions for a topic or changing the replication factor    Make sure delete topic enable true

User · Answer

Deleting topic isn t always working in 0 8 1 1  Deletion should be working in the next release  0 8 2   kafka-topics sh --delete --zookeeper localhost 2181 --topic your topic name    Topic your topic name is marked for deletion    Note  This will have no impact if delete topic enable is not set to true    Is it possible to delete a topic   Jira KAFKA-1397

User · Answer

Adding to above answers one has to delete the meta data associated with that topic in zookeeper consumer offset path   bin zookeeper-shell sh zookeeperhost port  rmr  consumers  lt sample-consumer-1 gt  offsets  lt deleted-topic gt   Otherwise the lag will be negative in kafka-monitoring tools based on zookeeper

User · Answer

You can delete a specific kafka topic  example  test  from zookeeper shell command  zookeeper-shell sh    Use the below command to delete the topic  rmr  path of the topic    example   rmr  brokers topics test

User · Answer

First  you run this command to delete your topic     bin kafka-topics sh --delete --bootstrap-server localhost 9092 --topic  lt topic name gt    List active topics to check delete completely     bin kafka-topics sh --list --bootstrap-server localhost 9092

User · Answer

It seems that the deletion command was not officially documented in Kafka 0 8 1 x because of a known bug  https   issues apache org jira browse KAFKA-1397    Nevertheless  the command was still shipped in the code and can be executed as   bin kafka-run-class sh kafka admin DeleteTopicCommand --zookeeper localhost 2181 --topic test   In the meantime  the bug got fixed and the deletion command is now officially available from Kafka 0 8 2 0 as   bin kafka-topics sh --delete --zookeeper localhost 2181 --topic test

User · Answer

If you have issues deleting the topics  try to delete the topic using    KAFKA HOME bin kafka-topics sh --delete --zookeeper localhost 2181 --topic your topic name   command  Then in order to verify the deletion process  go to the kafka logs directory which normally is placed under  tmp kafka-logs   then delete the your topic name file via rm -rf your topic name command   Remember to monitor the whole process via a kafka management tool like Kafka Tool    The mentioned process above will remove the topics without kafka server restart

User · Answer

Steps to Delete 1 or more Topics in Kafka  To delete topics in kafka the delete option needs to be enabled in Kafka server   1  Go to  kafka home  config server properties 2  Uncomment delete topic enable true   Delete one Topic in Kafka enter the following command  kafka-topics sh --delete --zookeeper localhost 2181 --topic   To Delete more than one topic from kafka   good for testing purposes  where i created multiple topics  amp  had to delete them for different scenarios    Stop the Kafka Server and Zookeeper go to  tmp folder where the logs are stored and delete the kafkalogs and zookeeper folder manually Restart the zookeeper and kafka server and try to list topics    bin kafka-topics sh --list --zookeeper localhost 2181  if no topics are listed then the all topics have been deleted successfully If topics are listed  then the delete was not successful  Try the above steps again or restart your computer

User · Answer

Andrea is correct  we can do it using command line   And we still can program it  by  ZkClient zkClient   new ZkClient  localhost 2181   10000   zkClient deleteRecursive ZkUtils getTopicPath  test2       Actually I do not recommend you delete topic on Kafka 0 8 1 1  I can delete this topic by this method  but if you check log for zookeeper  deletion mess it up

User · Answer

The command   bin kafka-topics sh --delete --zookeeper localhost 2181 --topic test   unfortunately only marks topic for deletion   Deletion does not happen    That makes troubles  while testing any scripts  which prepares Kafka configuration   Connected threads     Purge Kafka Queue Is there a way to delete all the data from a topic or delete the topic before every run

User · Answer

There is actually a solution without touching those bin kafka-  sh  If you have installed kafdrop  then simply do  url -XPOST http   your-kafdrop-domain topic THE-TOPIC-YOU-WANT-TO-DELETE delete

User · Answer

This steps will delete all topics and data   Stop Kafka-server and Zookeeper-server Remove the tmp data directories of both services  by default they are C  tmp kafka-logs and C  tmp zookeeper  then start Zookeeper-server and Kafka-server

User · Answer

Add below line in   kafka home  config server properties  delete topic enable true   Restart the kafka server with new config     kafka home  bin kafka-server-start sh   kafka config server properties   Delete the topics you wish to     kafka home  bin kafka-topics sh --delete  --zookeeper localhost 2181  --topic daemon12

[apache-kafka] Delete topic in Kafka 0.8.1.1

Examples related to apache-kafka