---
name: "git-annex-untrust"
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-untrust"
---

# git-annex-untrust(1)

do not trust a repository

## NAME

git-annex-untrust - do not trust a repository

## SYNOPSIS

git annex untrust **\[repository ...\]**

## DESCRIPTION

Records that a repository is not trusted and could lose content at any time.

Repositories can be specified using their remote name, their description, or their UUID. To untrust the current repository, use "here".

## OPTIONS

- **--json**

  -

  Enable JSON output. This is intended to be parsed by programs that use git-annex. Each line of output is a JSON object.

-

  - **--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-trust(1)](/git-annex-trust/1.md)

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

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

## AUTHOR

Joey Hess \<id@joeyh.name\>