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# Destroy servers

Destroying a server terminates the instance at your cloud provider end and decommissions the corresponding server.

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This action cannot be undone and any data stored on your server will be deleted.\
Once the action has been triggered, the destroy command will immediately initiate the deletion of the corresponding instance at your provider.\
However the configuration remains in the YaK database and a **new** server with the same settings can be deployed again.\
Please note that this would be a new server, with a new instance ID, no data from the previously destroyed server can be recovered.
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