diff --git a/src/lib/destroy-cli-command.ts b/src/lib/destroy-cli-command.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..8c9166528fd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib/destroy-cli-command.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+// SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright (c) 2026 NVIDIA CORPORATION & AFFILIATES. All rights reserved.
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+/* v8 ignore start -- thin oclif adapter covered through CLI integration tests. */
+
+import { Args, Command, Flags } from "@oclif/core";
+
+type RuntimeBridge = {
+  sandboxDestroy: (sandboxName: string, args?: string[]) => Promise<void>;
+};
+
+function getRuntimeBridge(): RuntimeBridge {
+  return require("../nemoclaw") as RuntimeBridge;
+}
+
+export default class DestroyCliCommand extends Command {
+  static id = "sandbox:destroy";
+  static strict = true;
+  static summary = "Stop NIM and delete sandbox";
+  static description = "Destroy a sandbox and remove its local registry entry.";
+  static usage = ["<name> destroy [--yes|--force]"];
+  static args = {
+    sandboxName: Args.string({ name: "sandbox", description: "Sandbox name", required: true }),
+  };
+  static flags = {
+    help: Flags.help({ char: "h" }),
+    yes: Flags.boolean({ description: "Skip the confirmation prompt" }),
+    force: Flags.boolean({ description: "Skip the confirmation prompt" }),
+  };
+
+  public async run(): Promise<void> {
+    const { args, flags } = await this.parse(DestroyCliCommand);
+    const legacyArgs: string[] = [];
+    if (flags.yes) legacyArgs.push("--yes");
+    if (flags.force) legacyArgs.push("--force");
+    await getRuntimeBridge().sandboxDestroy(args.sandboxName, legacyArgs);
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/lib/oclif-commands.ts b/src/lib/oclif-commands.ts
index a57c2254c7c..5f21317f3fd 100644
--- a/src/lib/oclif-commands.ts
+++ b/src/lib/oclif-commands.ts
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import {
   CredentialsResetCommand,
 } from "./credentials-cli-command";
 import DebugCliCommand from "./debug-cli-command";
+import DestroyCliCommand from "./destroy-cli-command";
 import GatewayTokenCliCommand from "./gateway-token-cli-command";
 import ListCommand from "./list-command";
 import {
@@ -62,6 +63,7 @@ export default {
   "sandbox:channels:start": ChannelsStartCommand,
   "sandbox:channels:stop": ChannelsStopCommand,
   "sandbox:config:get": SandboxConfigGetCommand,
+  "sandbox:destroy": DestroyCliCommand,
   "sandbox:logs": SandboxLogsCommand,
   "sandbox:policy-add": PolicyAddCommand,
   "sandbox:policy-list": SandboxPolicyListCommand,
diff --git a/src/nemoclaw.ts b/src/nemoclaw.ts
index d7bb6be28ab..2ad60e44ad3 100644
--- a/src/nemoclaw.ts
+++ b/src/nemoclaw.ts
@@ -646,6 +646,7 @@ exports.garbageCollectImages = garbageCollectImages;
 exports.recoverNamedGatewayRuntime = recoverNamedGatewayRuntime;
 exports.recoverRegistryEntries = recoverRegistryEntries;
 exports.runOpenshell = runOpenshell;
+exports.sandboxDestroy = sandboxDestroy;
 exports.sandboxChannelsAdd = sandboxChannelsAdd;
 exports.sandboxChannelsList = sandboxChannelsList;
 exports.sandboxChannelsRemove = sandboxChannelsRemove;
@@ -4943,7 +4944,11 @@ const mainPromise = (async () => {
         await runOclif("sandbox:policy-list", [cmd, ...actionArgs]);
         break;
       case "destroy":
-        await sandboxDestroy(cmd, actionArgs);
+        if (hasHelpFlag(actionArgs)) {
+          printSandboxActionUsage("destroy [--yes|--force]");
+          break;
+        }
+        await runOclif("sandbox:destroy", [cmd, ...actionArgs]);
         break;
       case "gateway-token":
         if (actionArgs.includes("--help") || actionArgs.includes("-h")) {
diff --git a/test/cli.test.ts b/test/cli.test.ts
index c1f4e87e924..225bd041710 100644
--- a/test/cli.test.ts
+++ b/test/cli.test.ts
@@ -1068,6 +1068,11 @@ describe("CLI dispatch", () => {
     expect(logs.out).toContain("<name> logs [--follow]");
     expect(logs.out).not.toContain("sandbox:logs");
 
+    const destroy = runWithEnv("alpha destroy --help", { HOME: home });
+    expect(destroy.code).toBe(0);
+    expect(destroy.out).toContain("<name> destroy [--yes|--force]");
+    expect(destroy.out).not.toContain("sandbox:destroy");
+
     for (const action of ["policy-add", "policy-remove", "policy-list"]) {
       const policy = runWithEnv(`alpha ${action} --help`, { HOME: home });
       expect(policy.code).toBe(0);