title: “service rm” description: “The service rm command description and usage” keywords: “service, rm”

service rm

Usage:	docker service rm SERVICE [SERVICE...]

Remove one or more services

Aliases:
  rm, remove

Options:
      --help   Print usage

Removes the specified services from the swarm. This command has to be run targeting a manager node.

For example, to remove the redis service:

$ docker service rm redis
redis
$ docker service ls
ID  NAME  MODE  REPLICAS  IMAGE

Warning: Unlike docker rm, this command does not ask for confirmation before removing a running service.

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