container.delete
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Delete a Container.

The container must be stopped, unless ``force`` is set - which tears it down first.

A container whose dataset has child datasets or snapshots is refused unless ``recursive`` is set, which destroys them along with any clones of those snapshots - data that cannot be recovered afterwards.

This method is a job.

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    <h4>id</h4><span class="badge badge-dark value-type">Type: integer</span><br/>
    <span class="description"><p>Container ID.</p>
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    <span class="description"><p>Container deletion options.</p>
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    <h4>Force</h4><span class="badge badge-dark value-type">Type: boolean</span> <span class="badge badge-success default-value">Default: false</span><br/>
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    <h4>Recursive</h4><span class="badge badge-dark value-type">Type: boolean</span> <span class="badge badge-success default-value">Default: false</span><br/>
    <span class="description"><p>Destroy everything the container's dataset carries along with the container: its child datasets and snapshots, any clones of those snapshots wherever in the pool they live, and any holds held on them - releasing a hold can break a replication task that depends on it. Deleting a container whose dataset has child datasets or snapshots fails without this. None of what is destroyed can be recovered afterwards.</p>
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*Required roles:* CONTAINER_WRITE

