How to remove a worker node from the docker swarm cluster

Question

Hi Guys,

I have two worker nodes in the Docker swarm. Now I don't need one node. How can I remove the node from the Docker swarm?

Answer 1

Hi@akhtar,

To remove a worker node from the Docker swarm, run the following command from the worker node itself.

$ docker swarm leave

Node left the default swarm.

The node will still appear in the node list and marked as down. It no longer affects swarm operation, but a long list of down nodes can clutter the node list.