# rpk redpanda stop

> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://docs.redpanda.com/llms.txt). Component-specific: [streaming-full.txt](https://docs.redpanda.com/streaming-full.txt)

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title: rpk redpanda stop
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description: Stop a local Redpanda process. <code>rpk stop</code> first sends SIGINT, and waits for the specified timeout.
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<!-- Source: https://docs.redpanda.com/streaming/current/reference/rpk/rpk-redpanda/rpk-redpanda-stop.md -->

Stop a local Redpanda process. `rpk stop` first sends SIGINT, and waits for the specified timeout. Then, if Redpanda hasn’t stopped, it sends SIGTERM. Lastly, it sends SIGKILL if it’s still running.

> 📝 **NOTE**
>
> This command is only available on Linux.

## [](#usage)Usage

```bash
rpk redpanda stop [flags]
```

## [](#flags)Flags

| Value | Type | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| --timeout | duration | The maximum amount of time to wait for redpanda to stop after each signal is sent (for example, 300ms, 1.5s, 2h45m). |

## [](#global-flags)Global flags

| Value | Type | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| --config | string | Redpanda or rpk config file; default search paths are ~/.config/rpk/rpk.yaml, $PWD/redpanda.yaml, and /etc/redpanda/redpanda.yaml. |
| -X, --config-opt | stringArray | Override rpk configuration settings; -X help for detail or -X list for terser detail. |
| --ignore-profile | bool | Ignore rpk.yaml and redpanda.yaml; use default settings. |
| --profile | string | rpk profile to use. |
| -v, --verbose | bool | Enable verbose logging. |