uninstall: Release not loaded: new: release: not found, chart deployed using helm 3

Question

I have both helm 2 and helm 3 installed in my localhost. I have created a new chart using helm2

sanket@Admins-MacBook-Pro poc % helm create new
Creating new

created a chart 'new ' using helm version 2. Now I have deployed the chart using helm version 3

sanket@Admins-MacBook-Pro poc % helm3 install new new --namespace test 
NAME: new
LAST DEPLOYED: Thu Apr 23 17:56:03 2020
NAMESPACE: test
STATUS: deployed
REVISION: 1
NOTES:
1. Get the application URL by running these commands:
  export POD_NAME=$(kubectl get pods --namespace test -l "app.kubernetes.io/name=new,app.kubernetes.io/instance=new" -o jsonpath="{.items[0].metadata.name}")
  echo "Visit http://127.0.0.1:8080 to use your application"
  kubectl port-forward $POD_NAME 8080:80

Now when I try to delete the 'new' release it shows :-

sanket@Admins-MacBook-Pro poc % helm3 delete new 
Error: uninstall: Release not loaded: new: release: not found

any idea how to resolve this issue .

Can you see the release if you run ```helm3 ls```? – hoque Apr 23 '20 at 13:03 — hoque, Apr 23 '20 at 13:03
figured out this, need to pass --namespace also – Sanket Singh Apr 23 '20 at 13:43 — Sanket Singh, Apr 23 '20 at 13:43

Tinkaal Gogoi · Answer 1 · 2022-08-08T12:22:22.630

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By default, helm3 only shows releases of default namespace.
Do the following to get your release and delete it.

# Get all releases
helm ls --all-namespaces
# OR
helm ls -A

# Delete release
helm uninstall release_name -n release_namespace

edited Aug 08 '22 at 12:22

answered Jul 08 '20 at 08:40

Tinkaal Gogoi

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Thanks so much, took me way too long to find this. – Devin Norgarb May 05 '21 at 15:32
was in the wrong namespace – bvj Jan 01 '23 at 04:25

score 16 · Accepted Answer · edited Jul 01 '22 at 17:15

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Need to pass --namespace with the delete command.

helm3 ls --namespace test
helm3 ls --namespace deployment_name

edited Jul 01 '22 at 17:15

Eduardo Cuomo

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answered Apr 23 '20 at 13:45

Sanket Singh

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Jan 31 '23 at 07:42

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You can check your all helm release and charts

1. All helm release

helm ls -A

2. Helm release in specific namespace

helm ls -n {releaseNameSpace}

And if it is there

1. Helm uninstall

helm uninstall {releaseName} -n {releaseNameSpace}

answered Jan 31 '23 at 07:42

ngg

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uninstall: Release not loaded: new: release: not found, chart deployed using helm 3

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