github.com/AliyunContainerService/cli@v0.0.0-20181009023821-814ced4b30d0/docs/reference/commandline/node_rm.md (about) 1 --- 2 title: "node rm" 3 description: "The node rm command description and usage" 4 keywords: "node, remove" 5 --- 6 7 <!-- This file is maintained within the docker/cli GitHub 8 repository at https://github.com/docker/cli/. Make all 9 pull requests against that repo. If you see this file in 10 another repository, consider it read-only there, as it will 11 periodically be overwritten by the definitive file. Pull 12 requests which include edits to this file in other repositories 13 will be rejected. 14 --> 15 16 # node rm 17 18 ```markdown 19 Usage: docker node rm [OPTIONS] NODE [NODE...] 20 21 Remove one or more nodes from the swarm 22 23 Aliases: 24 rm, remove 25 26 Options: 27 -f, --force Force remove a node from the swarm 28 --help Print usage 29 ``` 30 31 ## Description 32 33 When run from a manager node, removes the specified nodes from a swarm. 34 35 36 ## Examples 37 38 ### Remove a stopped node from the swarm 39 40 ```bash 41 $ docker node rm swarm-node-02 42 43 Node swarm-node-02 removed from swarm 44 ``` 45 ### Attempt to remove a running node from a swarm 46 47 Removes the specified nodes from the swarm, but only if the nodes are in the 48 down state. If you attempt to remove an active node you will receive an error: 49 50 ```non 51 $ docker node rm swarm-node-03 52 53 Error response from daemon: rpc error: code = 9 desc = node swarm-node-03 is not 54 down and can't be removed 55 ``` 56 57 ### Forcibly remove an inaccessible node from a swarm 58 59 If you lose access to a worker node or need to shut it down because it has been 60 compromised or is not behaving as expected, you can use the `--force` option. 61 This may cause transient errors or interruptions, depending on the type of task 62 being run on the node. 63 64 ```bash 65 $ docker node rm --force swarm-node-03 66 67 Node swarm-node-03 removed from swarm 68 ``` 69 70 A manager node must be demoted to a worker node (using `docker node demote`) 71 before you can remove it from the swarm. 72 73 ## Related commands 74 75 * [node demote](node_demote.md) 76 * [node inspect](node_inspect.md) 77 * [node ls](node_ls.md) 78 * [node promote](node_promote.md) 79 * [node ps](node_ps.md) 80 * [node update](node_update.md)