Kafka cli: delete a topic

Below command is used to delete a topic.

kafka-topics.sh --bootstrap-server {bootStratServerDetails} --topic {topicName} --delete

Example

kafka-topics.sh --bootstrap-server localhost:9092 --topic mySecondTopic --delete

$kafka-topics.sh --bootstrap-server localhost:9092 --list
myFirstTopic
mySecondTopic
$
$kafka-topics.sh --bootstrap-server localhost:9092 --topic mySecondTopic --delete
$
$kafka-topics.sh --bootstrap-server localhost:9092 --list
myFirstTopic

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