# Procedure for removing a node from a cluster, replication factor

**URL:** <https://forum.scylladb.com/t/procedure-for-removing-a-node-from-a-cluster-replication-factor/4865>\
**Category:** ScyllaDB\
**Tags:** administration, replication, documentation\
**Created:** [May 29, 2025, 6:27am UTC](https://forum.scylladb.com/t/procedure-for-removing-a-node-from-a-cluster-replication-factor/4865 "2025-05-29T06:27:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![Guy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.scylladb.com/guy/32/9_2.png) [@Guy](https://forum.scylladb.com/u/Guy)\
**Post date:** [May 29, 2025, 6:27am UTC](https://forum.scylladb.com/t/procedure-for-removing-a-node-from-a-cluster-replication-factor/4865/1 "2025-05-29T06:27:14Z")

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> [**Originally from the User Slack**](https://slack.scylladb.com/)
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> ![Shivaprasad_Bhat](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/scylladb/original/2X/e/e49edb85541a471641870aa6b7e6ca15bbca6b2e.jpeg) **@Shivaprasad\_Bhat:** Hi team!
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> We had a Scylla cluster with 3 nodes containing a keyspace with RF=3 (`NetworkTopolgyStrategy`)..  
> We removed one node due to some cost reasons (in a dev environment). The node status was showing as `DN` on `sctool`. What is the process to remove the node from this? Do we need to reduce RF first?
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> ![Piotr_Smaroń](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/scylladb/original/2X/3/33b011255c5bcc1ea7c2a5e27e97ecc127f90b7e.png) **@Piotr\_Smaroń:** down scale procedure is summarized here [https://opensource.docs.scylladb.com/stable/operating-scylla/procedures/cluster-management/remove-node.html](https://opensource.docs.scylladb.com/stable/operating-scylla/procedures/cluster-management/remove-node.html)
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