Salesforce Delete Scratch org using sf cli

Sometimes we need to delete existing scratch org. Here is the command to delete it. Before we delete any scratch org we need to find the name of the org to delete. 

Also read: Remove expired/deleted scratch orgs from vs code

List all connected orgs

Run the following salesforce cli command to list all the orgs connected to your cli.

sf org list --all

Delete scratch org

Now, runt the following command with scratch Org alias Name or with Username. after running this command, it will ask for confirmation, then type y to confirm.

sf org delete scratch -o alias/userName

Do the same thing using SFDX command, here it is.

sfdx org delete  -o alias/userName

also Read: Most Frequently Used scratch org Commands

Flags:

• -o : Target org alias/ Username

Source:
https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.sfdx_cli_reference.meta/sfdx_cli_reference/cli_reference_org_commands_unified.htm#cli_reference_org_delete_scratch_unified