Hi again in Prefect Cloud once you have registered a new blo

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Hi again in Prefect Cloud once you have registered a new block how does one remove it So far I can t find anything in the documentation

Bianca Hoch · Answer

Hi David you should be able to delete the block by selecting the menu button to the right of the block record

David Beck · Answer

< Bianca Hoch> I think you re misunderstanding my question I registered a new block type in the Cloud but now I want remove that type Specificially I created this Azure Key Vault Credentials block and now I want that removed

David Beck · Answer

There is nothing in the UI I can see that can remove that type

David Beck · Answer

perhaps there is a command line option to remove it

Kalise Richmond · Answer

does uninstalling the collection remove the block type

David Beck · Answer

< Kalise Richmond> how do I do that Also this a block that I created not part of the known collections Prefect provides

David Beck · Answer

a custom block

Khuyen Tran · Answer

You can delete a block through a command line by typing the following on the CLI ```prefect block type delete block type```

David Beck · Answer

< Khuyen Tran> I get a `Block Type AzureKeyVaultCredentials not found ` error I used this command `prefect block type delete AzureKeyVaultCredentials`

Zanie · Answer

< David Beck> I believe you will need to pass the slug you can see it in `prefect block type ls`

David Beck · Answer

< Zanie> using the slug yields a cannot delete block type error

Zanie · Answer

Can you share the full output

David Beck · Answer

`Cannot delete Block Type azure key vault credentials `

David Beck · Answer

that is in fact the slug provided by the ls operation

Zanie · Answer

Let me get a blocks expert in the thread slightly smiling face cc < alex>

Zanie · Answer

Let s get some actual information about the error here s a patch to add a log <https github com PrefectHQ prefect compare block type delete status>

alex · Answer

Hmmm that s very interesting that you re getting an error when trying to delete a block type Have you used that block type to create any blocks

Zanie · Answer

You can install with `pip install git+<https github com PrefectHQ prefect block type delete status>`

David Beck · Answer

< alex> I did create a block but I have since deleted that block

David Beck · Answer

< Zanie> ```Received error from the the API exception message Internal Server Error Cannot delete block type azure key vault credentials Status code 500 ```

David Beck · Answer

that s the error revealed after doing that install

Zanie · Answer

Thanks I ll track down that internal error with our Cloud team

Chris Guidry · Answer

Thanks for the ping < Zanie> I talked to < David Beck> offline and we got it squared away and I ve got an exciting query plan to read Win win

David Beck · Answer

Thanks all for your help