---
name: "git-annex-disableremote"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "git-annex"
version: "10.20261026-1"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/git-annex-disableremote"
---

# git-annex-disableremote(1)

stop using a remote

## NAME

git-annex-disableremote - stop using a remote

## SYNOPSIS

git annex disableremote **name**

## DESCRIPTION

This removes the remote from the local git configuration, the same as **git remote remove** would. It removes remote tracking branches.  It also cleans up various other files in  **.git/annex/** that belong to  or mention the remote.

This does not prevent the same special remote from continuing to be used  in other clones of the repository, and it can be re-enabled for local use with the **git-annex enableremote** command.

When **git-annex initremote --private** was used to initialize a private remote, disabling it also removes its information from the private journal.

## OPTIONS

- **--json**

  -

  Enable JSON output. This is intended to be parsed by programs that use git-annex.

-

  - **--json-error-messages**

  Messages that would normally be output to standard error are included in the JSON instead.

-

  - Also, the [git-annex-common-options(1)](/git-annex-common-options/1.md) can be used.

  ## SEE ALSO

[git-annex(1)](/git-annex/1.md)

[git-annex-initremote(1)](/git-annex-initremote/1.md)

[git-annex-enableremote(1)](/git-annex-enableremote/1.md)

[git-annex-renameremote(1)](/git-annex-renameremote/1.md)

## AUTHOR

Joey Hess \<id@joeyh.name\>