github.com/wikibal01/hashicorp-terraform@v0.11.12-beta1/website/docs/commands/force-unlock.html.markdown (about) 1 --- 2 layout: "docs" 3 page_title: "Command: force-unlock" 4 sidebar_current: "docs-commands-force-unlock" 5 description: |- 6 The `terraform force-unlock` manually unlocks the Terraform state 7 --- 8 9 # Command: force-unlock 10 11 Manually unlock the state for the defined configuration. 12 13 This will not modify your infrastructure. This command removes the lock on the 14 state for the current configuration. The behavior of this lock is dependent 15 on the backend being used. Local state files cannot be unlocked by another 16 process. 17 18 ## Usage 19 20 Usage: terraform force-unlock LOCK_ID [DIR] 21 22 Manually unlock the state for the defined configuration. 23 24 This will not modify your infrastructure. This command removes the lock on the 25 state for the current configuration. The behavior of this lock is dependent 26 on the backend being used. Local state files cannot be unlocked by another 27 process. 28 29 Options: 30 31 * `-force` - Don't ask for input for unlock confirmation.