opentofu/website/docs/cli/commands/destroy.mdx
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---
description: >-
The tofu destroy command destroys all objects managed by a OpenTofu
configuration.
---
# Command: destroy
The `tofu destroy` command is a convenient way to destroy all remote
objects managed by a particular OpenTofu configuration.
While you will typically not want to destroy long-lived objects in a production
environment, OpenTofu is sometimes used to manage ephemeral infrastructure
for development purposes, in which case you can use `tofu destroy` to
conveniently clean up all of those temporary objects once you are finished
with your work.
## Usage
Usage: `tofu destroy [options]`
This command is just a convenience alias for the following command:
```
tofu apply -destroy
```
For that reason, this command accepts most of the options that
[`tofu apply`](/docs/cli/commands/apply) accepts, although it does
not accept a plan file argument and forces the selection of the "destroy"
planning mode.
You can also create a speculative destroy plan, to see what the effect of
destroying would be, by running the following command:
```
tofu plan -destroy
```
This will run [`tofu plan`](/docs/cli/commands/plan) in _destroy_ mode, showing
you the proposed destroy changes without executing them.