| # service rm | |
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| Remove one or more services | |
| ### Aliases | |
| `docker service rm`, `docker service remove` | |
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| ## Description | |
| Removes the specified services from the swarm. | |
| > [!NOTE] | |
| > This is a cluster management command, and must be executed on a swarm | |
| > manager node. To learn about managers and workers, refer to the | |
| > [Swarm mode section](https://docs.docker.com/engine/swarm/) in the | |
| > documentation. | |
| ## Examples | |
| Remove the `redis` service: | |
| ```console | |
| $ 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. | |
| ## Related commands | |
| * [service create](service_create.md) | |
| * [service inspect](service_inspect.md) | |
| * [service logs](service_logs.md) | |
| * [service ls](service_ls.md) | |
| * [service ps](service_ps.md) | |
| * [service rollback](service_rollback.md) | |
| * [service scale](service_scale.md) | |
| * [service update](service_update.md) |