What does terraform destroy do?

What does terraform destroy do?

• A. It destroys all resources managed by the current state
• B. It deletes the configuration files from disk
• C. It removes the state file
• D. It only plans to destroy resources but does not apply

Answer: (A)

Terraform destroy removes the infrastructure that Terraform is currently managing in its state. When you run it, Terraform builds a plan to delete every resource tracked in the state and then applies that plan, effectively deleting those resources from the cloud or on‑prem systems. After the run, the state is updated to reflect that those resources no longer exist, so Terraform’s view of reality matches what’s left. It does not delete your configuration files on disk, and it doesn’t remove the state file itself unless you take separate action to do so. If you only want to remove specific resources, you can target them, but by default it destroys everything managed by the current state.

Terraform destroy removes the infrastructure that Terraform is currently managing in its state. When you run it, Terraform builds a plan to delete every resource tracked in the state and then applies that plan, effectively deleting those resources from the cloud or on‑prem systems. After the run, the state is updated to reflect that those resources no longer exist, so Terraform’s view of reality matches what’s left. It does not delete your configuration files on disk, and it doesn’t remove the state file itself unless you take separate action to do so. If you only want to remove specific resources, you can target them, but by default it destroys everything managed by the current state.