systemctl-poweroff
Shut down and power off system
TLDR
Power off the system
$ systemctl poweroff
Force immediate poweroff$ systemctl poweroff -f
Poweroff without wall message$ systemctl poweroff -f --no-wall
SYNOPSIS
systemctl poweroff [OPTIONS]
DESCRIPTION
systemctl poweroff shuts down the system and powers off the machine. It gracefully stops all services, unmounts filesystems, and then signals the hardware to power down.With `--force`, services are not gracefully stopped. With double `--force`, filesystems aren't unmounted, risking data loss.
PARAMETERS
-f, --force
Skip graceful service shutdown--force --force (-ff)
Immediate poweroff without cleanup (dangerous)--no-wall
Don't send wall message to logged-in users--when TIME
Schedule poweroff at specific time
CAVEATS
Requires appropriate privileges. Force mode can cause data loss if filesystems aren't properly synced. Some hardware may not support software poweroff and will halt instead.
HISTORY
The poweroff subcommand provides systemd-native shutdown, integrating with the scheduled shutdown mechanism and wall notification system.
SEE ALSO
systemctl-halt(1), systemctl-reboot(1), poweroff(8)
