CLI reference / service / remove

stado service remove

Invocation

stado service remove [OPTIONS] --host <HOST> <UNIT>

Purpose

Remove a service entirely: withdraw its declaration, stop it, and delete its unit file from the host — the operation an operator means by "remove this service", which `retire` deliberately is not. The file path comes from the registry declaration, never from operator words. A host failure restores the declaration; a file-delete failure leaves the service retired and reports that partial state

Required inputs and options

Input or optionContract
<UNIT>launchd label or systemd unit name, as the host knows it
--host <HOST>Registry host that runs it
--jsonCommand option; required or optional as shown in the invocation.

Output and state effect

It performs the operation described above and emits its operator result on standard output or standard error. Any state change is limited to the resources and records named by the purpose and options on this page.

Refusals

  • Before dispatch, Stado refuses a missing required token shown in the invocation, an unknown option, or a value outside a listed value set; argument-usage failures exit with code 2.