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 ### I've manually deleted a Helm release. Why is Flux not able to restore it?
 
-If you delete a Helm release with `helm delete my-release`, the release name can't be reused.
+If you are using Helm 3+ the default behaviour is to purge - enabling flux to restore the release. 
+For Helm<=2, if you delete a Helm release with `helm delete my-release`, the release name can't be reused.
 You need to use the `helm delete --purge` option only then Flux will be able reinstall a release.
 
 ### It takes a long time before the operator processes an update to a `HelmRelease` resource. How can I speed up the processing of releases?