---
name: "incus.admin.shutdown"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "incus-client"
version: "6.0.4-2+deb13u10"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/incus.admin.shutdown"
---

# incus.admin.shutdown(1)

Tell the daemon to shutdown all instances and exit

## NAME

incus-admin-shutdown - Tell the daemon to shutdown all instances and exit

## SYNOPSIS

**incus admin shutdown \[flags\]**

## DESCRIPTION

Description:\
   Tell the daemon to shutdown all instances and exit

```
This will tell the daemon to start a clean shutdown of all instances,
followed by having itself shutdown and exit.
This can take quite a while as instances can take a long time to
shutdown, especially if a non-standard timeout was configured for them.
```

## OPTIONS

**-f**, **--force**\[=false\]\
 	Force shutdown instead of waiting for running operations to finish\`\`

**-t**, **--timeout**=0\
 	Number of seconds to wait before giving up\`\`

## OPTIONS INHERITED FROM PARENT COMMANDS

**--debug**\[=false\]\
 	Show all debug messages

**--force-local**\[=false\]\
 	Force using the local unix socket

**-h**, **--help**\[=false\]\
 	Print help

**--project**=""\
 	Override the source project\`\`

**-q**, **--quiet**\[=false\]\
 	Don't show progress information

**--sub-commands**\[=false\]\
 	Use with help or --help to view sub-commands

**-v**, **--verbose**\[=false\]\
 	Show all information messages

**--version**\[=false\]\
 	Print version number

## SEE ALSO

**incus-admin(1)**

## HISTORY

2-Sep-2026 Auto generated by spf13/cobra