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Can't Destroy a Service

Posted on September 7, 2025

I have an App with 2 services and 2 databases in it. I want to destroy one of the services, yet there is no option below the settings page to do so. I followed the documentation.



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Hi there,

You can delete a single service via the DigitalOcean control panel directly, just go to cloud.digitalocean.comApps → click on your app → Settings → click on the component (service) you want to remove → scroll down and you’ll see the Delete button.

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