# rpk cloud auth delete

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title: rpk cloud auth delete
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<!-- Source: https://docs.redpanda.com/cloud-data-platform/reference/rpk/rpk-cloud/rpk-cloud-auth-delete.md -->

Delete an `rpk` cloud authentication.

Deleting a cloud authentication removes it from the `rpk.yaml` file. If the deleted auth was the current authentication, `rpk` will use a default SSO auth the next time you try to login and save that auth.

If you delete an authentication that is used by profiles, affected profiles have their authentication cleared and you will only be able to access the profile’s cluster using SASL credentials.

## [](#usage)Usage

```bash
rpk cloud auth delete <name> [flags]
```

## [](#global-flags)Global flags

| Value | Type | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| --config | string | Redpanda or rpk config file; default search paths are ~/.config/rpk/rpk.yaml, $PWD/redpanda.yaml, and /etc/redpanda/redpanda.yaml. |
| -X, --config-opt | stringArray | Override rpk configuration settings; -X help for detail or -X list for terser detail. |
| --ignore-profile | bool | Ignore rpk.yaml and redpanda.yaml; use default settings. |
| --profile | string | rpk profile to use. |
| -v, --verbose | bool | Enable verbose logging. |