Removing a machine
Two different operations, often confused, with different consequences.
Remove agent
Section titled “Remove agent”Revokes the agent’s token. Reporting stops until an agent is installed again.
The server stays registered in your fleet, with its history, its name and its marketplace bindings. Use this when the machine is going away temporarily, or when you are rebuilding the operating system and will install the agent again afterwards.
Delete server
Section titled “Delete server”Permanently removes the server and all its records.
Use this when the machine has genuinely left your fleet — sold, decommissioned, or moved to somebody else.
Both are blocked while the machine is busy
Section titled “Both are blocked while the machine is busy”Neither is available while a rental or a live listing is in flight. Take the machine out of search first, or wait for the rental to end.
From the machine itself
Section titled “From the machine itself”If you no longer have panel access to a machine, the installer’s counterpart removes the service, the binaries and the local state:
sudo /bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://get.flotera.com/uninstall.sh)"This is the on-machine half only. The server keeps its record in your fleet until you delete it from the panel, and it will show as offline.
What happens to billing
Section titled “What happens to billing”A machine counts on the days it was in your fleet and reporting. Removing it stops the charge from the following settlement, and the days already counted stay counted — they are settled the day after they happened.
On the Free plan you get 2 hardware replacements per month, so swapping a broken machine for a working one does not require a paid plan.