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**Warning:** this command is part of the Swarm management feature introduced in Docker 1.12, and might be subject to non backward-compatible changes.

# node rm

```markdown
Usage:  docker node rm NODE [NODE...]

Remove a node from the swarm

Aliases:
  rm, remove

Options:
      --help   Print usage
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Removes specified nodes from a swarm. Rejects nodes with `Pending`
membership from the swarm.


Example output:

    $ docker node rm swarm-node-02
    Node swarm-node-02 removed from Swarm


## Related information

* [node inspect](node_inspect.md)
* [node update](node_update.md)
* [node tasks](node_tasks.md)
* [node ls](node_ls.md)
