# rpk cloud auth delete > For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://docs.redpanda.com/llms.txt). Component-specific: [cloud-data-platform-full.txt](https://docs.redpanda.com/cloud-data-platform-full.txt) --- title: rpk cloud auth delete latest-operator-version: v26.1.4 latest-console-tag: v3.7.3 latest-connect-version: 4.93.0 latest-redpanda-tag: v26.1.9 docname: rpk/rpk-cloud/rpk-cloud-auth-delete page-component-name: cloud-data-platform page-version: master page-component-version: master page-component-title: Cloud page-relative-src-path: rpk/rpk-cloud/rpk-cloud-auth-delete.adoc page-edit-url: https://github.com/redpanda-data/cloud-docs/edit/main/modules/reference/pages/rpk/rpk-cloud/rpk-cloud-auth-delete.adoc page-git-created-date: "2024-07-25" page-git-modified-date: "2026-05-26" --- Delete an `rpk` cloud authentication (auth). Deleting a cloud authentication removes it from the `rpk.yaml` file. If the deleted authentication was the current authentication, `rpk` will use a default SSO authentication the next time you try to login, and if the login is successful, it will save the authentication. 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] ``` ## [](#flags)Flags | Value | Type | Description | | --- | --- | --- | | -h, --help | - | Help for delete. | | --config | string | Redpanda or rpk config file; default search paths are /var/lib/redpanda/.config/rpk/rpk.yaml, $PWD/redpanda.yaml, and /etc/redpanda/redpanda.yaml. | | -X, --config-opt | stringArray | Override rpk configuration settings. See rpk -X or execute rpk -X help for inline detail or rpk -X list for terser detail. | | --profile | string | Profile to use. See rpk profile for more details. | | -v, --verbose | - | Enable verbose logging. |