Bring down and delete bridge interface that's up
How do I remove a bridge that has an IP address that was brought up manually and isn't in /etc/network/interfaces?
$ ifconfig br100
br100 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:00:00:00:00:00
inet addr:172.16.0.5 Bcast:172.16.0.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
Can't delete it.
# brctl delbr br100
bridge br100 is still up; can't delete it
Can't bring it down with ifdown.
# ifdown br100
ifdown: interface br100 not configured
Best Answer
Figured it out.
# ip link set br100 down
# brctl delbr br100