kafka

delete.topic.enable = true in config/server.properties

$> ./bin/kafka-topics.sh --zookeeper localhost:2181 --create --topic my-topic --partitions 2 --replication-factor 1
Created topic "my-topic".

$> ./bin/kafka-topics.sh --zookeeper localhost:2181 --describe --topic my-topic
Topic:my-topic  PartitionCount:2    ReplicationFactor:1 Configs:
    Topic: my-topic Partition: 0    Leader: 0   Replicas: 0 Isr: 0
    Topic: my-topic Partition: 1    Leader: 0   Replicas: 0 Isr: 0
    
$> ./bin/kafka-topics.sh --zookeeper localhost:2181 --delete --topic my-topic
Topic my-topic is marked for deletion.
Note: This will have no impact if delete.topic.enable is not set to true.

$> ./bin/kafka-topics.sh --zookeeper localhost:2181 --list

$> ./bin/kafka-console-consumer.sh --zookeeper localhost:2181 --topic my-topic