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influx config rm

This page documents an earlier version of InfluxDB OSS. InfluxDB 3 Core is the latest stable version.

The influx config rm command removes an InfluxDB connection configuration from the configs file (by default, stored at ~/.influxdbv2/configs).

Usage

influx config rm <config-name> [flags]

Command aliases

rm, remove, delete

Flags

FlagDescriptionInput typeMaps to ?
-h--helpHelp for the delete command
--hide-headersHide table headers (default false)INFLUX_HIDE_HEADERS
--jsonOutput data as JSON (default false)INFLUX_OUTPUT_JSON

Examples

Delete a connection configuration
influx config rm local-config
Delete multiple connection configurations
influx config rm config-1 config-2

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