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## NS.deleteServer() method
Delete a purchased server.
Signature:
```typescript
deleteServer(host: string): boolean;
```
## Parameters
| Parameter | Type | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| host | string | Hostname of the server to delete. |
Returns:
boolean
True if successful, and false otherwise.
## Remarks
2.25 GB
Deletes one of your purchased servers, which is specified by its hostname.
The hostname argument can be any data type, but it will be converted to a string. Whitespace is automatically removed from the string. This function will not delete a server that still has scripts running on it.