Deleting a Non-Global Zone From the System

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The procedure described in this section completely deletes a zone from a system.

Become a zone administrator.
For more information, see Assigning Limited Rights to Zone Administrators.
Shut down the zone my-zone using one of the following methods.
The zoneadm shutdown method is preferred.
- Using zoneadm:
```
global$ zoneadm -z my-zone shutdown
my-zone
```
- Using zlogin:
```
global$ zlogin my-zone shutdown
my-zone
```
Remove the root file system for my-zone.
```
global$ zoneadm -z my-zone uninstall -F
```
The –F option to force the action generally isn't required.
Delete the configuration for my-zone.
```
global$ zonecfg -z my-zone delete -F
```
The –F option to force the action generally isn't required.

List the zones on the system, to verify that my-zone is no longer listed.

global$ zoneadm list -iv

You will see a display that is similar to the following:

ID  NAME     STATUS       PATH                           BRAND      IP
 0  global   running      /                              solaris    shared