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Stop a background local instance and remove its containers. helix stop is idempotent — if the instance is not running, the CLI exits successfully without error. For disk-mode instances, helix stop removes the Helix and MinIO containers but keeps the persistent local volume. Use helix prune to delete disk-mode data.

Usage

helix stop [INSTANCE]

Arguments

Argument	Description
`INSTANCE`	Local instance to stop. If omitted in a TTY with multiple instances, the CLI prompts. Defaults to `dev` when present.

Examples

# Stop the default 'dev' instance
helix stop dev

# Stop with interactive picker
helix stop

# Safe to call in scripts even if the instance is already stopped
helix stop staging || true

helix start — start a local instance
helix restart — restart a local instance
helix prune — remove all Helix-owned local state for an instance

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