# Gracefully shut down the cluster

**URL:** <https://discuss.kubernetes.io/t/gracefully-shut-down-the-cluster/14756>\
**Category:** General Discussions\
**Created:** [February 9, 2021, 12:07pm UTC](https://discuss.kubernetes.io/t/gracefully-shut-down-the-cluster/14756 "2021-02-09T12:07:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![andersonluisribeiro](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discuss.kubernetes.io/andersonluisribeiro/32/6911_2.png) [@andersonluisribeiro](https://discuss.kubernetes.io/u/andersonluisribeiro)\
**Post date:** [February 9, 2021, 12:07pm UTC](https://discuss.kubernetes.io/t/gracefully-shut-down-the-cluster/14756/1 "2021-02-09T12:07:17Z")

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Hi, I have a development environment and I need to shutdown the cluster daily for costs reasons. How can I do that gracefully?