# Delete Valkey

This page guides you through the steps required to delete a Valkey instance.

## Prerequisites

- [You are a member of a Nais team](/explanations/team.md)
- Your Valkey instance is managed by Nais Console.

## Steps

### 1. Remove references from workload manifests

Ensure that all references to the Valkey instance are removed from your workload manifests:

```diff
spec:
-  valkey:
-    - instance: <VALKEY-INSTANCE-NAME>
-      access: <ACCESS-LEVEL>
```

### 2. Delete the Valkey instance

1. Open [Nais Console](https://console.dev-nais.cloud.nais.io) in your browser and select your team
2. Select the **Valkey** tab
3. Select the Valkey instance you want to delete
4. Click the **Delete Valkey** button
5. Confirm the deletion by typing the name of the Valkey instance and clicking the **Delete Valkey** button