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name: vmwaresolutions-vpc-vcf-deleting
title: Deleting VCF for VPC instances
description: As of 17 July 2025, new automated installations of Red Hat® OpenShift® for VMware® are no longer available for new or existing deployments of VMware Cloud Foundation for Classic - Automated instances. You can still use or delete your existing Red Hat OpenShift for VMware automated installations until 16 July 2026. The service will no longer be available from 17 July 2026.
last-updated: 2025-10-24
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# Deleting VCF for VPC instances
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As of 17 July 2025, new automated installations of Red Hat® OpenShift® for VMware® are no longer available for new or existing deployments of VMware Cloud Foundation for Classic - Automated instances. You can still use or delete your existing Red Hat OpenShift for VMware automated installations until 16 July 2026. The service will no longer be available from 17 July 2026.
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When you delete a VMware Cloud Foundation for VPC instance, the following components are released:
1. VCF for VPC licenses
2. VCF for VPC products
3. All IBM Cloud® Virtual Private Cloud (IBM Cloud VPC) assets
4. All IBM Cloud services that were deployed

   You can review the next account invoice to confirm that you are no longer being billed for this instance. From the IBM Cloud console, click **Manage > Billing and usage**, then click **Invoices**.
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## Before you delete VCF for VPC instances
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Only the resources that were created in the VMware Solutions console can be deleted. If you added ESXi servers to the VCF for VPC instance manually, the resources for those servers must be deleted manually as well.

## Procedure to delete VCF for VPC instances from the Resources page
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1. In the VMware Solutions console, click **Resources** > **KMIP for VMware** from the left navigation panel.
2. In the **VMware Cloud Foundation for VPC** table, find the instance to delete.
3. Click the recycle bin icon next to the **Status** column.

   The instance status is changed to **Deleting**. When the instance is deleted successfully, all IBM Cloud VPC resources and IBM Cloud service instances that are associated with this instance are deleted, and the instance is removed from the table.

   If you receive a deletion error after you clicked **Delete instance**, click **Delete instance** again.
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## Procedure to delete VCF for VPC instances from the instance details page
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1. In the VMware Solutions console, click **Resources > VCF for VPC** from the left navigation panel.
2. In the **VMware Cloud Foundation for VPC** table, click the instance to delete.
3. Click **Actions** next to **Go to SDDC console** and click **Delete instance**.

   The instance status is changed to **Deleting**. When the instance is deleted successfully, all IBM Cloud VPC resources and IBM Cloud service instances that are associated with this instance are deleted, and the instance is removed from the table.

   If you receive a deletion error after you clicked **Delete instance**, click **Delete instance** again.
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## Related links
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* [VCF for VPC overview](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/vmwaresolutions?topic=vmwaresolutions-vpc-vcf-ovw&format=markdown)
* [Ordering VCF for VPC instances](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/vmwaresolutions?topic=vmwaresolutions-vpc-vcf-ordering&format=markdown)
* [Viewing VCF for VPC instances](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/vmwaresolutions?topic=vmwaresolutions-vpc-vcf-viewing&format=markdown)
* [Getting help and support](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/vmwaresolutions?topic=vmwaresolutions-trbl_support&format=markdown)