{
  "schema_version": 2,
  "id": "operate/rs/databases/active-active/delete",
  "title": "Delete Active-Active databases",
  "url": "https://redis.io/docs/latest/operate/rs/databases/active-active/delete/",
  "summary": "Considerations while deleting Active-Active databases.",
  "tags": [
    "docs",
    "operate",
    "rs"
  ],
  "last_updated": "2026-09-24T09:16:24+01:00",
  "page_type": "content",
  "content_hash": "ca62fd3075d80e31a65c11b7e1ce96c485feed2671d0737a9785119254f42524",
  "sections": [
    {
      "id": "content",
      "title": "Content",
      "role": "content",
      "text": "When you delete an Active-Active database (formerly known as CRDB),\nall instances of the Active-Active database are deleted from all participating clusters.\n\n> [!WARNING]\n> This action is immediate, non-reversible, and has no rollback.\n\nBecause Active-Active databases are made up of instances on multiple participating clusters,\nto restore a deleted Active-Active database you must create the database again with all of its instances\nand then restore the data to the database from backup.\n\nWe recommended that you:\n\n- Back up your data and test the restore on another database before you delete an Active-Active database.\n- Consider [flushing the data](https://redis.io/docs/latest/operate/rs/databases/import-export/flush) from the database\n    so that you can keep the Active-Active database configuration and restore the data to it if necessary."
    }
  ],
  "examples": []
}