Get namespace that has terminating state:
<pre><code class="lang-bash">Kubectl get ns | grep terminating
</code></pre>
Delete the namespace forcefully using the below cmd line
<pre><code class="lang-bash">NS=`kubectl get ns |grep Terminating | awk 'NR==1 {print $1}'` &amp;&amp; kubectl get namespace "$NS" -o json | tr -d "\n" | sed "s/\"finalizers\": \[[^]]\+\]/\"finalizers\": []/" | kubectl replace --raw /api/v1/namespaces/$NS/finalize -f -
</code></pre>

Get namespace that has terminating state:

```bash
Kubectl get ns | grep terminating 
```

Delete the namespace forcefully using the below cmd line

```bash
NS=`kubectl get ns |grep Terminating | awk 'NR==1 {print $1}'` && kubectl get namespace "$NS" -o json   | tr -d "\n" | sed "s/\"finalizers\": \[[^]]\+\]/\"finalizers\": []/"   | kubectl replace --raw /api/v1/namespaces/$NS/finalize -f -
```

Learn how to forcefully delete a Kubernetes namespace stuck in a terminating state with a simple command line

How to delete namespace that is stuck in terminating state