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# Node Operations

Node Operations are the operations that can be performed on the worker nodes in the Kubernetes Clusters.

<code class="expression">space.vars.product\_name</code> only supports **Delete** operation on the nodes. To delete a node go to the Capacity and Health page of your cluster and click of triple dot menu of the intended node in the Worker Nodes table. Click on Delete.

#### What happens when you delete a node ?

When a node is deleted in PCD, PCD creates a new node to replace it. The order of creating new nodes and deleting older nodes will be defined by the properties of the Node Group. These properties(Max Surge/Max Unavailable) are mentioned in the [Scale Clusters](/private-cloud-director/2026.1/kubernetes-clusters/pcd-kubernetes-clusters/scale-clusters.md).


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