+## Kongclearup
+
+Please note that a special executable has been provided for deleting Kong routes and services that have been created by Service Manager in Kong. This executable is called `kongclearup` and is found in the working directory of the Service Manger Docker image, at `/app/servicemanager`. When we create a Kong route or service, we add Kong tags with information as follows.
+ * apfId
+ * aefId
+ * apiId
+ * apiVersion
+ * resourceName
+
+When we delete Kong routes and services using `kongclearup`, we check for the existance of these tags, specifically, apfId, apiId and aefId. Only if these tags exist and have values do we proceed to delete the Kong service or route. The executable `kongclearup` uses the volume-mounted .env file to load the configuration giving the location of Kong. Please refer to `sme/servicemanager/internal/kongclearup.go`.
+