KUBECTX(1)

✨ NAME ✨

hiii bestie, meet kubectx — the tool that switches between contexts (aka clusters) on kubectl, but faster. like, actually faster. 💨

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

Manage and switch between kubectl contexts. that's it, that's the whole vibe — you've got contexts, and this lil icon moves you between them before you can even finish typing the long version. obsessed. 🫶

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🎀 USAGE 🎀

• kubectx — list the contexts. no args, no stress, just a cute lil list. 📋
• kubectx <NAME> — switch to context <NAME>. ✨
• kubectx - — switch to the previous context. the uno reverse, the "wait go back", the main character move. 🔁
• kubectx -s, --shell <NAME> — start a shell scoped to context <NAME>.
• kubectx -s, --shell — no name given? then it lets you interactively select a context to start a shell. you pick, bestie. 🧚
• kubectx -r, --readonly <NAME> — start a read-only shell for context <NAME>. look, don't touch. very demure, very mindful. 🎀
• kubectx -r, --readonly — interactively select a context for a read-only shell. same energy, you choose.
• kubectx -c, --current — show the current context name. who am i rn 🪞
• kubectx -u, --unset — unset the current context. okay bye!!! 👋
• kubectx <NEW_NAME>=<NAME> — rename context <NAME> to <NEW_NAME>.
• kubectx <NEW_NAME>=. — rename current-context to <NEW_NAME>.
• kubectx -d <NAME> [<NAME...>] — delete context <NAME> (. for current-context).

heads up bestie, this command won't delete the user/cluster entry referenced by the context entry. so it deletes the context and leaves the user and cluster entries behind, untouched. it's giving "i said what i said". 💀

• kubectx -h, --help — show this message.
• kubectx -V, --version — show version. 🏷️

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and that's the whole page, slay 🌈

this was the kubectx 0.11.0-1 manual page, dated April 2026, filed under User Commands, page KUBECTX(1). go switch some contexts, you got this. 💅🌸