> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://developer.harness.io/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://developer.harness.io/continuous-delivery/use-continuous-delivery/deploy-services-on-different-platforms/kubernetes/cd-k8s-ref/kubernetes-canary-delete-step.md).

# Canary Delete step

This topic describes the **Canary Delete** step.

The **Canary Delete** step is used to clean up the workload deployed by the [Canary Deployment](/continuous-delivery/use-continuous-delivery/deploy-services-on-different-platforms/kubernetes/cd-k8s-ref/canary-deployment-step.md) step.

The Canary Delete step usually follows a Canary Deployment step.

If the **Canary Deployment** step is successful, the stage will move onto the Primary step group and the Rolling Deployment step. The workload created by the **Canary Deployment** step is no longer needed.

### Canary Delete step vs Kubernetes Delete step <a href="#canary-delete-step-vs-kubernetes-delete-step" id="canary-delete-step-vs-kubernetes-delete-step"></a>

The **Canary Delete** step is only used to delete resources created using the **Canary Deployment** step. To delete any Kubernetes resources, use the Kubernetes Delete step. For details, go to [Delete Kubernetes Resources with the Kubernetes Delete Step](/continuous-delivery/use-continuous-delivery/deploy-services-on-different-platforms/kubernetes/kubernetes-executions/delete-kubernetes-resources.md).

### Name <a href="#name" id="name"></a>

Enter a name for the step.

### Timeout <a href="#timeout" id="timeout"></a>

How long Harness should run this step before failing it. Enter a minimum of 10m to account for network activity in your target environment.

### Advanced <a href="#advanced" id="advanced"></a>

* [Delegate Selector](/harness-ai/use-harness-platform/delegates/delegate/manage-delegates/select-delegates-with-selectors.md)
* [Conditional Execution](/harness-ai/use-harness-platform/pipelines/step-skip-condition-settings.md)
* [Failure Strategy](/harness-ai/use-harness-platform/pipelines/failure-handling/define-a-failure-strategy-on-stages-and-steps.md)
* [Looping Strategy](/harness-ai/use-harness-platform/pipelines/looping-strategies/looping-strategies-matrix-repeat-and-parallelism.md)
* [Policy Enforcement](/harness-ai/use-harness-platform/governance/policy-as-code/harness-governance-overview.md)

### See Also <a href="#see-also" id="see-also"></a>

* [Canary Deployment Step](/continuous-delivery/use-continuous-delivery/deploy-services-on-different-platforms/kubernetes/cd-k8s-ref/canary-deployment-step.md)