# How to delete \`local\` PV automatically, keeping files
**URL:** https://discuss.kubernetes.io/t/how-to-delete-local-pv-automatically-keeping-files/31000
**Category:** General Discussions
**Created:** [January 2, 2025, 1:28am UTC](https://discuss.kubernetes.io/t/how-to-delete-local-pv-automatically-keeping-files/31000 "2025-01-02T01:28:45Z")
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### Author:  [@PerformantData](https://discuss.kubernetes.io/u/PerformantData)
#### Post date: [January 2, 2025, 1:28am UTC](https://discuss.kubernetes.io/t/how-to-delete-local-pv-automatically-keeping-files/31000/1 "2025-01-02T01:28:46Z")
I created a `local` PersistentVolume.
When I set `persistentVolumeReclaimPolicy: Retain`, the PV hangs around until I `kubectl delete` it. I don’t want to have to do that: I want the PV to delete itself when it’s released. I’ll re-create it for the next pod that needs it, maybe as part of my Helm chart.
When I set `persistentVolumeReclaimPolicy: Delete`, it fails to delete, reason `VolumeFailedDelete` from `persistentvolume-controller`, message
```auto
error getting deleter volume plugin for volume "…": no volume plugin matched
```
I take this to mean that a `local` volume doesn’t know how to delete itself. I’d like the deletion to leave any files in place and just delete the PV.
Can I set up a nilpotent deleter for this PV/StorageClass?
### Cluster information:
Kubernetes version: 1.32
Cloud being used: bare-metal
Host OS: Linux
CRI and version: CRI-O 1.32
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### Author:  [@PerformantData](https://discuss.kubernetes.io/u/PerformantData)
#### Post date: [January 2, 2025, 1:48am UTC](https://discuss.kubernetes.io/t/how-to-delete-local-pv-automatically-keeping-files/31000/2 "2025-01-02T01:48:20Z")
same as
> [@【Help】Questions about local data volumes and Reclaim Policy: Delete](https://discuss.kubernetes.io/t/help-questions-about-local-data-volumes-and-reclaim-policy-delete/30758):
>
> Environment: Kubernetes master: 192.168.174.110 Kubernetes work-node-01: 192.168.174.125 Kubernetes work-node-02: 192.168.174.126 Kubernetes version: v1.31.3 Installation method: kubeadm init Host OS: Ubuntu 22.04 LTS CNI and version: calico v3.29.0 CRI and version: containerd://2.0.0 My custom storageclass.yaml file contents apiVersion: [storage.k8s.io/v1](http://storage.k8s.io/v1) kind: StorageClass metadata: name: local-storage annotations: [storageclass.kubernetes.io/is-default-class:](http://storageclass.kubernetes.io/is-default-class:) “true” provisioner: [kubernetes.io/no-provisioner](http://kubernetes.io/no-provisioner) volumeBindingMode: WaitForFirstConsumer reclaimPolicy: Delete My cus…