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Removes your application. By default, it removes your personal stage. 
sst remove
The resources in your app are removed based on the removal setting in your sst.config.ts.
This does not remove the SST state and bootstrap resources in your account as these might still be in use by other apps. You can remove them manually if you want to reset your account, learn more.

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How it works

When you run sst remove, it will:
  1. Read your sst.config.ts to identify all resources
  2. Remove resources based on their removal policy
  3. Clean up the stage-specific state
Resources with removal: "retain" will not be deleted and will remain in your AWS account.

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Options

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--target

Only run it for the given component. 
sst remove --target MyComponent
You can also remove a specific component by passing in the name of the component from your sst.config.ts.

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Examples

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Remove your personal stage

Remove the default personal stage: 
sst remove

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Remove a specific stage

Remove your app from a specific stage: 
sst remove --stage production

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Remove a specific component

Remove only a specific component: 
sst remove --target MyComponent

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Important notes

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State and bootstrap resources

The sst remove command does not remove:
  • SST state resources (S3 bucket for state storage)
  • Bootstrap resources (IAM roles, etc.)
These resources might be shared across multiple stages or apps, so they’re preserved. If you need to clean these up, you’ll need to do it manually.

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Removal policies

Resources respect their configured removal policy:
  • removal: "remove" - Resource will be deleted
  • removal: "retain" - Resource will be kept in your account
  • removal: "retain-all" - All resources will be kept
Make sure to review your removal policies before running sst remove on production stages.

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