http://wiki.nftables.org/wiki-nftables/index.php/Configuring_chains it says: Deleting chains You can delete the chains that you don't need, eg. % nft add chain ip filter input should read Deleting chains You can delete the chains that you don't need, eg. % nft delete chain ip filter input -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netfilter" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html