# Deleting a Private Link

### Deleting a Private Link <a href="#h.g9b94f7gadne" id="h.g9b94f7gadne"></a>

Any time your private link is going to be non-operational – for example, if you’ve created a test cluster and private link before creating one in production – it’s best to delete the link.

**To delete a private link**

From the DeltaStream CLI, at the prompt type

```sql
DROP AWS PRIVATE LINK $$yourprivatelinkname;
```

It may take a few moments for DeltaStream to remove the related infrastructure.

{% hint style="success" %}
**Tip** If you drop a private link, the data stores that used it remain listed in DeltaStream, but they do not load any topics and are not functional. It’s best to delete any data stores that use a private link that you have deleted.
{% endhint %}


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