IPSEC-DELETE(8)

✨ IPSEC-DELETE ✨

okay bestie so this is ipsec-delete from the Executable programs collection, and it is literally the "undo button" of the IPsec world. 💅

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💖 NAME 💖

ipsec-delete — delete a connection definition from IPsec service 🗑️✨

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

ipsec delete connection [--ctlsocket /run/pluto/pluto.ctl]

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🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

so ipsec delete does the thing: it deletes a connection specification out of pluto's internal database. and not just from the list — it also tears down any connections based on it. like, gone gone. no cap. 😭

think of it like removing someone from the group chat and deleting every message they ever sent. the vibe is gone. the connection is gone. periodt. 👑

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🎀 SEE ALSO 🎀

the whole friend group, fr fr — go read these when you're done here:

• ipsec.conf(5)
• ipsec(8)
• ipsec-add(8)
• ipsec-algparse(8)
• ipsec-briefconnectionstatus(8)
• ipsec-briefstatus(8)
• ipsec-certutil(8)
• ipsec-checkconfig(8)
• ipsec-checknflog(8)
• ipsec-checknss(8)
• ipsec-connectionstatus(8)
• ipsec-crlutil(8)
• ipsec-down(8)
• ipsec-ecdsasigkey(8)
• ipsec-fetchcrls(8)
• ipsec-fipsstatus(8)
• ipsec-globalstatus(8)
• ipsec-import(8)
• ipsec-initnss(8)
• ipsec-letsencrypt(8)
• ipsec-listall(8)
• ipsec-listcacerts(8)
• ipsec-listcerts(8)
• ipsec-listcrls(8)
• ipsec-listen(8)
• ipsec-listpubkeys(8)
• ipsec-modutil(8)
• ipsec-newhostkey(8)
• ipsec-ondemand(8)
• ipsec-pk12util(8)
• ipsec-pluto(8)
• ipsec-purgeocsp(8)
• ipsec-redirect(8)
• ipsec-replace(8)
• ipsec-rereadall(8)
• ipsec-rereadcerts(8)
• ipsec-rereadsecrets(8)
• ipsec-restart(8)
• ipsec-route(8)
• ipsec-rsasigkey(8)
• ipsec-setup(8)
• ipsec-showhostkey(8)
• ipsec-showroute(8)
• ipsec-showstates(8)
• ipsec-shuntstatus(8)
• ipsec-start(8)
• ipsec-status(8)
• ipsec-stop(8)
• ipsec-trafficstatus(8)
• ipsec-unroute(8)
• ipsec-up(8)
• ipsec-vfychain(8)
• ipsec-whack(8)

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💀 BUGS 💀

none

(not a single bug. flawless. we love to see it. 🌈⭐)

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👑 AUTHOR 👑

Andrew Cagney, Tuomo Soini — absolute legends, thank you for your service 🫶

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and that's the whole page, bestie!! this was Libreswan 5.4.1, dated 10/23/2026 — go forth and delete responsibly, mwah 💖🧚‍♀️