UFW: delete a rule

In this tutorial, I will explain how to easily delete a firewall rule managed by UFW.

UFW is a command line interface that simplifies the use of iptables rules.

To delete a rule, you must first display the list of rules with their number:

sudo ufw status numbered

The command returns the list of rules as below:

To delete a rule, simply use this command:

sudo ufw delete <rule_number>

Which gives us for rule number 8:

sudo ufw delete 8

It is necessary to confirm the action by entering the letter y.

To verify that the rule is deleted, use the command:

sudo ufw status

Now you know how to delete a firewall rule with ufw.