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 #### Uninstall Dapr on Kubernetes
 
 ```bash
-helm del -n dapr
+helm del --purge -n dapr
 ```
 
 > **Note:** See [here](https://github.com/dapr/dapr/blob/master/charts/dapr-operator/README.md) for details on Dapr helm charts.