How to delete a runner from an organization?

[mondo192]

I have tried the following without success:

1. Used GitHub UI to delete a runner.
2. Delete the runner pod with kubectl delete pod arc-runner-set-xxxx
3. Exec into each runner and de-register with ./config.sh remove --token <token>
4. Patch the replicas to be zero and delete the pod.

Why is it so difficult to delete a runner?

For context, I am experimenting with ARC. When I delete a runner it gets recreated again a few seconds later. I need to remove runners from the default kubernetes namespace and put them in their own separate namespace. This simple task doesnt seem possible...what am I doing wrong?

Thank you.

[mondo192]

Ok, appears that runners that are idle get cleaned up by GitHub.