Delete topic in Kafka 0.8.1.1

Question

I need to delete the topic test in Apache Kafka 0.8.1.1.

As expressed in the documentation here, I have executed:

bin/kafka-topics.sh --         


        

Answer 1

Steps to Delete 1 or more Topics in Kafka

To delete topics in kafka the delete option needs to be enabled in Kafka server.

1. Go to {kafka_home}/config/server.properties
2. Uncomment delete.topic.enable=true

Delete one Topic in Kafka enter the following command

kafka-topics.sh --delete --zookeeper localhost:2181 --topic

To Delete more than one topic from kafka

(good for testing purposes, where i created multiple topics & had to delete them for different scenarios)

1. Stop the Kafka Server and Zookeeper
2. go to /tmp folder where the logs are stored and delete the kafkalogs and zookeeper folder manually
3. Restart the zookeeper and kafka server and try to list topics,

bin/kafka-topics.sh --list --zookeeper localhost:2181

if no topics are listed then the all topics have been deleted successfully.If topics are listed, then the delete was not successful. Try the above steps again or restart your computer.