Uninstalling Releases

1. Uninstalling Release

helm uninstall api -n web

Flag	Effect
`--keep-history`	Marks release uninstalled but retains history for rollback
Without flag	Purges all release Secrets

Flag	Behavior
`--wait`	Block until resources fully deleted

Flag	Default
`--timeout`	5m

helm uninstall api --dry-run

Flag	Effect
`--cascade background` (default)	Server-side cascade in background
`--cascade foreground`	Block until owned resources fully removed
`--cascade orphan`	Leave child resources behind

Flag	Effect
`--description "reason"`	Annotate uninstall in history
`--no-hooks`	Skip pre/post-delete hooks

helm uninstall api web cache -n web
# All matching a regex
helm list -q -f '^test-' | xargs -r helm uninstall

Issue	Fix
Stuck Finalizers	`kubectl patch <res> -p '{"metadata":{"finalizers":[]}}' --type=merge`
Hook failure blocks	Re-run with `--no-hooks`
Release Secret remains	`kubectl delete secret -l owner=helm,name=<release>`

Resource	Cleanup
PVCs	Not deleted automatically; `kubectl delete pvc -l app.kubernetes.io/instance=<release>`
CRDs	Never deleted; remove manually if no longer needed
External LBs / DNS	Use `post-delete` hook or external automation
Secrets created via `lookup`	Labelled with release; clean via selector