# rpk group delete

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

Delete one or more consumer groups.

You may want to delete groups to clean up committed offsets sooner than they expire automatically, such as when you create temporary groups for quick investigation or testing. This command helps you do that.

Consumer groups are automatically deleted when the last committed offset expires. Group offset deletion can happen through:

-   Kafka `OffsetDelete` API: Offsets can be explicitly deleted using the Kafka `OffsetDelete` API. See [`rpk group offset delete`](https://docs.redpanda.com/cloud-data-platform/reference/rpk/rpk-group/rpk-group-offset-delete/).

-   Periodic offset expiration: Offsets expire automatically when the group has been empty for a set duration.


## [](#usage)Usage

```bash
rpk group delete <groups...> [flags]
```

## [](#flags)Flags

| Value | Type | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| --format | string | Output format (json,yaml,text,wide,help). (New in v26.2.1) |

## [](#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. |