# Uninstall Since you may wish to have access to your data after spinning down your cluster, Cortex's bucket, stackdriver logs, and Prometheus volume are not automatically deleted when running `cortex cluster-gcp down --config cluster.yaml`. ```bash cortex cluster-gcp down --config cluster.yaml ``` The `cortex cluster-gcp down --config cluster.yaml` command doesn't wait for the cluster to spin down. You can ensure that the cluster has spun down by checking the GKE console. ## Keep Cortex Volumes The volumes used by Cortex's Prometheus and Grafana instances are deleted by default on a cluster down operation. If you want to keep the metrics and dashboards volumes for any reason, you can pass the `--keep-volumes` flag to the `cortex cluster-gcp down --config cluster.yaml` command. --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://docs.cortexlabs.com/0.31/clusters/gcp/uninstall.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.