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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.
# service rm
```Markdown
Usage: docker service rm [OPTIONS] SERVICE
Remove a service
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:
```bash
$ docker service rm redis
redis
$ docker service ls
ID NAME SCALE IMAGE COMMAND
```
> **Warning**: Unlike `docker rm`, this command does not ask for confirmation
> before removing a running service.
## Related information
* [service create](service_create.md)
* [service inspect](service_inspect.md)
* [service ls](service_ls.md)
* [service scale](service_scale.md)
* [service tasks](service_tasks.md)
* [service update](service_update.md)