---
title: Eviction
id: eviction
date: 2021-05-08
full_link: /docs/concepts/scheduling-eviction/
short_description: >
    Process of terminating one or more Pods on Nodes
aka:
tags:
- operation
---

Eviction is the process of terminating one or more Pods on Nodes.

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There are two kinds of eviction:
* [Node-pressure eviction](/docs/concepts/scheduling-eviction/node-pressure-eviction/)
* [API-initiated eviction](/docs/concepts/scheduling-eviction/api-eviction/)