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Delete a server

Updated October 7, 2026 · 2 min read

Permanently destroy a server at your provider and remove it and its sites from Nuvlo, with control over what happens to its snapshots and backups.

On this page
  1. Step 1: Open Delete server
  2. Step 2: Type the server name
  3. Step 3: Decide about snapshots
  4. Step 4: Keep the latest backup (Hetzner)
  5. Step 5: Delete
  6. What is deleted where
  7. Troubleshooting

Before you start

  • The owner or admin role in your Nuvlo account.
  • The provider account that owns the server still connected to Nuvlo.
  • Backups of anything you want to keep. See Back up a site.

Step 1 Open Delete server

Open the server, click the Settings tab and scroll to Danger zone. Click Delete server.

You can also delete from the row menu on the Servers page. That dialog asks about snapshots too, but not about automatic backups.

Contabo servers have no Delete server button. They are cancelled instead, see Manage a Contabo server.

Step 2 Type the server name

Under Type with the server's name to confirm, type the name exactly. The copy button next to it copies the name.

Step 3 Decide about snapshots

If the server has snapshots, the box Also delete its snapshots (with the number of snapshots) is ticked. Untick it to keep them. Kept snapshots stay under Backups, where you can restore them to a new server or delete them later. The provider keeps billing for them. See Server snapshots.

Step 4 Keep the latest backup (Hetzner)

On Hetzner servers with automatic backups, tick Keep its latest automatic backup as a snapshot to save the newest backup before the server is deleted. It is billed as a snapshot. The other automatic backups are deleted with the server. See Provider backups.

Step 5 Delete

Click the Delete button with the server's name. Nuvlo deletes the server at the provider first and removes it from Nuvlo only after the provider confirms.

ImportantDeleting can't be undone. The server's disk and every site on it are destroyed.

What is deleted where

In Nuvlo, the server, its sites, their domains, deployment history and saved deploy logs are removed.

ProviderServerSnapshotsAutomatic backups
HetznerDeleted right awayYour choiceDeleted with the server, unless you keep the latest as a snapshot
DigitalOceanDeleted right awayYour choiceKept by DigitalOcean for up to 4 weeks, then removed
VultrDeleted right awayYour choiceKept by Vultr for up to 7 days, then removed
LinodeDeleted right awayYour choiceDeleted with the server; billing for them stops
UpCloud, Scaleway, AWS, Google CloudDeleted right awayYour choiceNot offered through Nuvlo
ExoscaleDeleted right awayDeleted with the serverNot offered through Nuvlo
ContaboContract cancelled; runs until the paid period ends, then Contabo removes itRemoved with the serverNot offered through Nuvlo

Troubleshooting

MessageWhat to do
No API token is connected (for the provider)Reconnect the provider account that owns the server, then delete again.
It could not be found in any connected project/accountIf you already deleted the server at the provider, use Disconnect to remove it from Nuvlo. Otherwise connect the account that owns it.
This server is still being created at the providerWait until creation finishes, then delete it.

When deleting fails at the provider, nothing is removed from Nuvlo, so you can safely try again.