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# Delete a virtual server

You can delete a server in the [Control Panel](https://hosting.gcore.com/billmgr). After deleting it will disappear from the list of servers, all data will be erased from it, and the payment will no longer be charged.

## How to delete a server

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Open the tab with your servers. Click on the one you need and click on the Delete button. After clicking, you will see a confirmation window. Click on Ok if you want to delete your server, click on Cancel if you do not.

**Note** : after deletion, there is no way to restore the server!

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After clicking on "Ok" your server will be automatically deleted.

## You received an error while deleting a server. What should you do?

Most likely, you are trying to delete a Virtual Server that you bought less than a month ago. You can't do that because 1 month is the minimum term for ordering a service.

You can get the details of the error by hovering over exclamation mark icon.

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If the error occurred not because you are trying to delete the server before the minimum period for ordering the service passed, please [write to our support department](/hosting/contact-our-technical-support) — we will solve the issue.
