---
title: Remove an OTel Collector from Fleet
description: Remove an OpenTelemetry Collector from the Fleet Agents list.
url: https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/4044/reference/fleet/remove-otel-collector
products:
  - Elastic Agent
  - Fleet
applies_to:
  - Elastic Cloud Serverless: Preview
  - Elastic Stack: Preview since 9.5
---

# Remove an OTel Collector from Fleet
Remove an OpenTelemetry (OTel) Collector from the Fleet **Agents** list when you no longer want Fleet to track it.

## Before you begin

You'll need:
- The **Agents** privilege set to `All`. Refer to [Fleet privileges](https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/4044/reference/fleet/fleet-roles-privileges).
- An active collector in the **Agents** list. The remove action is unavailable for inactive collectors.


## Remove a collector

1. In Kibana, enter **Fleet** in the [global search field](https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/4044/explore-analyze/find-and-organize/find-apps-and-objects), then select **Fleet / Agents**.
2. To remove a single collector, select **Remove collector** from its **Actions** menu, then confirm.
   To remove several collectors at once, select them in the **Agents** list, then choose **Remove N collectors** from the bulk actions menu, where *N* is the number of selected collectors, and confirm.

Removing a collector removes it from the **Agents** list only. It doesn't stop the collector process, and its enrollment credentials stay valid, so a collector that's still running can reconnect and reappear in the list.
To stop a collector from reporting to Fleet, remove the `opamp` extension from its configuration and restart it.

## Related pages

- [View OTel Collectors in Fleet](https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/4044/reference/fleet/view-otel-collectors)
- [Add an OTel Collector in Fleet](https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/4044/reference/fleet/add-otel-collector)
- [Monitor OpenTelemetry Collectors in Fleet](https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/4044/reference/fleet/monitor-otel-collectors)