# Deleting a Partition

**URL:** <https://community.a10networks.com/t/deleting-a-partition/504>\
**Category:** ADC - Application Delivery\
**Tags:** error-log, partition, troubleshoot\
**Created:** [May 17, 2018, 3:19pm UTC](https://community.a10networks.com/t/deleting-a-partition/504 "2018-05-17T15:19:18Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 8\
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**Author:** ![dbench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/958977/32.png) [@dbench](https://community.a10networks.com/u/dbench)\
**Post date:** [May 17, 2018, 3:19pm UTC](https://community.a10networks.com/t/deleting-a-partition/504/1 "2018-05-17T15:19:18Z")

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Hello All,

I am having an issue deleting a partition. When attempting to delete the partition from the CLI, I get the below message. I have cleared all of the sessions per the message but I am still unable to delete the partition. Also, when attempting to delete the Partition from the GUI, I get a “Failed to delete partition, partition is being used” message. Any suggestions?

Users logged in or Admin bound to this partition ‘Test\_Dev’. Please clear them first.

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**Author:** ![ericn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f4b2a3/32.png) [@ericn](https://community.a10networks.com/u/ericn)\
**Post date:** [May 17, 2018, 7:07pm UTC](https://community.a10networks.com/t/deleting-a-partition/504/2 "2018-05-17T19:07:58Z")

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Are you using the CLI or GUI? Can you post in the CLI output of the following commands from config mode:

```auto

  show running-config partition
  no partition <partition_name> id <partition_id>
  delete partition <partition_name> id <partition_id>

```

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**Author:** ![dbench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/958977/32.png) [@dbench](https://community.a10networks.com/u/dbench)\
**Post date:** [May 17, 2018, 7:25pm UTC](https://community.a10networks.com/t/deleting-a-partition/504/3 "2018-05-17T19:25:13Z")

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I have tried both CLI and the GUI (Please see my first post). Output below:

TH3030S-Active#show running-config partition Test\_Dev  
!Current configuration: 452 bytes  
!  
!Configuration last updated at 08:45:45 MDT Thu May 17 2018  
!Configuration last saved at 08:46:16 MDT Thu May 17 2018  
!  
active-partition Test\_Dev  
!  
ip route 0.0.0.0 /0 x.x.x.x  
!  
ip nat pool Test\_NAT x.x.x.x x.x.x.x netmask /24  
!  
health monitor http\_probe  
override-port 8081  
method http  
!  
slb template http HDOffline  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;  
!  
end

```auto
TH3030S-Active(config)\#no partition Test\_Dev network-partition
Remove L3V partition and configurations therein[yes/no]:yes

```

Users logged in or Admin bound to this partition ‘Test\_Dev’. Please clear them first.  
TH3030S-Active(config)#  
I have cleared all of the active sessions and attempted the commands again and the deletion still fails.

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**Author:** ![ericn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f4b2a3/32.png) [@ericn](https://community.a10networks.com/u/ericn)\
**Post date:** [May 17, 2018, 7:39pm UTC](https://community.a10networks.com/t/deleting-a-partition/504/4 "2018-05-17T19:39:51Z")

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Which ACOS version are you using? You may need to contact Customer Support. From my memory of the older ACOS versions, you’re doing things correctly, but I’m not 100% sure.

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**Author:** ![dbench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/958977/32.png) [@dbench](https://community.a10networks.com/u/dbench)\
**Post date:** [May 17, 2018, 7:43pm UTC](https://community.a10networks.com/t/deleting-a-partition/504/5 "2018-05-17T19:43:36Z")

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Thanks for the Feedback.

I am running 2.7.2 P7. Also to note that I have deleted and created many partitions with no issues. I am only having an issue with this single partition.

I have opened a ticket with support. I will update the forum when a solution has been implemented.

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**Author:** ![dbench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/958977/32.png) [@dbench](https://community.a10networks.com/u/dbench)\
**Post date:** [May 17, 2018, 8:29pm UTC](https://community.a10networks.com/t/deleting-a-partition/504/6 "2018-05-17T20:29:23Z")

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Issue has been resolved. There was a user account attached to the partition that had admin rights. Removed the user from the partition and I was able to successfully delete the partition.

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**Author:** ![ericn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f4b2a3/32.png) [@ericn](https://community.a10networks.com/u/ericn)\
**Post date:** [May 17, 2018, 9:48pm UTC](https://community.a10networks.com/t/deleting-a-partition/504/7 "2018-05-17T21:48:32Z")

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Any commands to see the problem and clean up the problem?

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**Author:** ![diederik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a587f6/32.png) [@diederik](https://community.a10networks.com/u/diederik)\
**Post date:** [May 18, 2018, 8:08am UTC](https://community.a10networks.com/t/deleting-a-partition/504/8 "2018-05-18T08:08:22Z")

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Use:

`show admin`

This will show all administrators and the partitions that they are linked to. You need to remove all rights from admins other than the default admin for the partition you want to remove.