RESTIC-KEY-REMOVE(1)

💖 restic-key-remove(1) — aka the "bye bye key" page 💖

okay bestie, welcome to the restic backup(1) manual, page for restic-key-remove. yes the header says "backup" and that's just how restic's docs roll, don't @ me, we're moving on 🫶

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✨ NAME ✨

restic-key-remove — Remove key ID (password) from the repository 🗝️✨

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

restic key remove [ID] [flags]

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so the "key remove" command removes the selected key ID. periodt. that key? gone. 🎀

but here's the catch, bestie, and it's a big one: it does not allow removing the current key being used to access the repository. like, you can't saw off the branch you're sitting on, the repo literally will not let you do that to yourself. main character energy protects you here 🙈

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💅 EXIT STATUS 💅

vibe check results, one number at a time:

• 0 — the command was successful, slay 🎉
• 1 — there was any error 😭
• 10 — the repository does not exist
• 11 — the repository is already locked 🔒
• 12 — the password is incorrect 💀

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👑 OPTIONS 👑

• -h, --help[=false] — help for remove 🫶

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🧚 OPTIONS INHERITED FROM PARENT COMMANDS 🧚

these are the flags you get for free from the parent command, like hand-me-downs but make them iconic:

• --cacert=[] — file to load root certificates from (default: use system certificates or $RESTIC_CACERT) 🌈
• --cache-dir="" — set the cache directory. (default: use system default cache directory) 🍓
• --cleanup-cache[=false] — auto remove old cache directories 🧹
• --compression=auto — compression mode (only available for repository format version 2), one of (auto|off|fastest|better|max) (default: $RESTIC_COMPRESSION) 🗜️
• --http-user-agent="" — set a http user agent for outgoing http requests 📡
• --insecure-no-password[=false] — use an empty password for the repository, must be passed to every restic command (insecure) ⚠️
• --insecure-tls[=false] — skip TLS certificate verification when connecting to the repository (insecure) ⚠️
• --json[=false] — set output mode to JSON for commands that support it 🤖
• --key-hint="" — key ID of key to try decrypting first (default: $RESTIC_KEY_HINT) 🗝️
• --limit-download=0 — limits downloads to a maximum rate in KiB/s. (default: unlimited) 🐢
• --limit-upload=0 — limits uploads to a maximum rate in KiB/s. (default: unlimited) 🐢
• --no-cache[=false] — do not use a local cache 🚫
• --no-extra-verify[=false] — skip additional verification of data before upload (see documentation) 🔍
• --no-lock[=false] — do not lock the repository, this allows some operations on read-only repositories 🔓
• -o, --option=[] — set extended option (key=value, can be specified multiple times) 🔧
• --pack-size=0 — set target pack size in MiB, created pack files may be larger (default: $RESTIC_PACK_SIZE) 📦
• --password-command="" — shell command to obtain the repository password from (default: $RESTIC_PASSWORD_COMMAND) 🔑
• -p, --password-file="" — file to read the repository password from (default: $RESTIC_PASSWORD_FILE) 📄
• -q, --quiet[=false] — do not output comprehensive progress report 🤫
• -r, --repo="" — repository to backup to or restore from (default: $RESTIC_REPOSITORY) 🗄️
• --repository-file="" — file to read the repository location from (default: $RESTIC_REPOSITORY_FILE) 📁
• --retry-lock=0s — retry to lock the repository if it is already locked, takes a value like 5m or 2h (default: no retries) 🔁
• --stuck-request-timeout=5m0s — duration after which to retry stuck requests ⏳
• --tls-client-cert="" — path to a file containing PEM encoded TLS client certificate and private key (default: $RESTIC_TLS_CLIENT_CERT) 🪪
• -v, --verbose[=0] — be verbose (specify multiple times or a level using `--verbose=n``, max level/times is 2) 🗣️

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⭐ SEE ALSO ⭐

• restic-key(1) — go read the parent page, it's giving family reunion 🫶

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and that's the whole page, bestie!! this one was generated by restic generate and it's dated Jan 2017 — yes, ancient, a true vintage icon, still serving looks in the restic backup(1) manual. mwah 💋✨