title: "node demote" description: "The node demote command description and usage"

keywords: "node, demote"

node demote

Usage:  docker node demote NODE [NODE...]

Demote one or more nodes from manager in the swarm

Options:
      --help   Print usage

Demotes an existing manager so that it is no longer a manager. This command targets a docker engine that is a manager in the swarm.

$ docker node demote <node name>

Related information

node promote