# Removing a Conductor Live node from the cluster
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Generally, you remove a node only in these situations:
+ As one of the steps when you enable HTTPS in the cluster. For the complete procedure to enable HTTPS, see [Enabling and disabling HTTPS](ssl-config.md). 
+ To retire a node, perhaps because you are upgrading your hardware.

**To remove a Conductor Live node**

Follow this procedure to remove either the primary or the secondary Conductor Live. In both cases, you perform the procedure on the primary Conductor Live web interface.

1. [Disable HA](conductor-live-config-ha-chg.md) on the cluster. 

1. Still on the **Redundancy** page, find the node that you're removing. On the row for the node, choose the **Delete** (garbage can). On the dialog that appears, choose **OK**.

1. Go to the **Nodes** page and find the node that you're removing. On the row for the node, choose the downward triangle and select **Remove Node**. At the prompt, choose **Remove**.