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LLMS index: [llms.txt](/llms.txt)

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### Synopsis


Performs a best effort revert of changes made to this host by 'kubeadm init' or 'kubeadm join'

The "reset" command executes the following phases:
```
preflight           Run reset pre-flight checks
remove-etcd-member  Remove a local etcd member.
cleanup-node        Run cleanup node.
```


```
kubeadm reset [flags]
```

### Options

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<td colspan="2">--cert-dir string&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Default: "/etc/kubernetes/pki"</td>
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<td></td><td style="line-height: 130%; word-wrap: break-word;"><p>The path to the directory where the certificates are stored. If specified, clean this directory.</p></td>
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<td colspan="2">--cleanup-tmp-dir</td>
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<td></td><td style="line-height: 130%; word-wrap: break-word;"><p>Cleanup the &quot;/etc/kubernetes/tmp&quot; directory</p></td>
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<td colspan="2">--config string</td>
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<td></td><td style="line-height: 130%; word-wrap: break-word;"><p>Path to a kubeadm configuration file.</p></td>
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<td colspan="2">--cri-socket string</td>
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<td></td><td style="line-height: 130%; word-wrap: break-word;"><p>Path to the CRI socket to connect. If empty kubeadm will try to auto-detect this value; use this option only if you have more than one CRI installed or if you have non-standard CRI socket.</p></td>
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<td colspan="2">--dry-run</td>
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<td></td><td style="line-height: 130%; word-wrap: break-word;"><p>Don't apply any changes; just output what would be done.</p></td>
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<td colspan="2">-f, --force</td>
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<td></td><td style="line-height: 130%; word-wrap: break-word;"><p>Reset the node without prompting for confirmation.</p></td>
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<td colspan="2">-h, --help</td>
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<td></td><td style="line-height: 130%; word-wrap: break-word;"><p>help for reset</p></td>
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<td colspan="2">--ignore-preflight-errors strings</td>
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<td></td><td style="line-height: 130%; word-wrap: break-word;"><p>A list of checks whose errors will be shown as warnings. Example: 'IsPrivilegedUser,Swap'. Value 'all' ignores errors from all checks.</p></td>
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<td colspan="2">--kubeconfig string&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Default: "/etc/kubernetes/admin.conf"</td>
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<td></td><td style="line-height: 130%; word-wrap: break-word;"><p>The kubeconfig file to use when talking to the cluster. If the flag is not set, a set of standard locations can be searched for an existing kubeconfig file.</p></td>
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<td colspan="2">--skip-phases strings</td>
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<td></td><td style="line-height: 130%; word-wrap: break-word;"><p>List of phases to be skipped</p></td>
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### Options inherited from parent commands

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<td colspan="2">--rootfs string</td>
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<td></td><td style="line-height: 130%; word-wrap: break-word;"><p>The path to the 'real' host root filesystem. This will cause kubeadm to chroot into the provided path.</p></td>
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Section pages:

- [](/docs/reference/setup-tools/kubeadm/generated/kubeadm_reset/kubeadm_reset_phase/)
- [](/docs/reference/setup-tools/kubeadm/generated/kubeadm_reset/kubeadm_reset_phase_cleanup-node/)
- [](/docs/reference/setup-tools/kubeadm/generated/kubeadm_reset/kubeadm_reset_phase_preflight/)
- [](/docs/reference/setup-tools/kubeadm/generated/kubeadm_reset/kubeadm_reset_phase_remove-etcd-member/)