diff --git a/rpc/docker_service_rm.sh b/rpc/docker_service_rm.sh
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+# usage: ./docker_service_rm.sh chain_name node_num [-d]
+# eg., ./docker_service_rm.sh cosmoshub 1
+# use -d to delete data
+
+chain_name="$1"
+node_num="$2"
+if [ -f "../env.sh" ]; then
+  source ../env.sh
+else
+    echo "../env.sh file does not exist."
+    exit
+fi
+
+if [[ -z $chain_name ]]; then
+  echo "No chain_name. usage eg., ./docker_service_rm.sh cosmoshub 1"
+  exit
+fi
+
+if [[ -z $node_num ]]; then
+  echo "No node_num. usage eg., ./docker_service_rm.sh cosmoshub 1"
+  exit
+fi
+
+# note: have to call shift to fix the issue that getopts doesn't work there are both params ($1) and the options
+shift 2
+opt_clear_data=false
+
+
+OPTSTRING=":d"
+# d: delete existing data, default is false
+
+while getopts ${OPTSTRING} opt; do
+  case ${opt} in
+    d)
+      echo "opt_clear_data Option -d was triggered."
+      opt_clear_data=true
+      ;;
+    ?)
+      echo "Invalid option: -${OPTARG}."
+      exit 1
+      ;;
+  esac
+done
+
+# functions
+get_docker_snapshot_config () {
+  str_snapshot_cfg=""
+
+  if [ -f /.dockerenv ]; then
+    # inside container
+    str_snapshot_cfg="$(curl -s "http://tasks.web_config/config/cosmosia.snapshot.${chain_name}" |sed 's/ = /=/g')"
+  else
+    # inside host
+
+    # figure out container id of agent
+    agent_id=$(docker ps -aqf "name=agent")
+
+    # execute command in agent container to get data version
+    str_snapshot_cfg=$(docker exec $agent_id curl -s "http://tasks.web_config/config/cosmosia.snapshot.${chain_name}" |sed 's/ = /=/g')
+  fi
+
+  echo $str_snapshot_cfg
+}
+
+get_docker_rpc_config () {
+  str_rpc_constraint=""
+
+  if [ -f /.dockerenv ]; then
+    # inside container
+    str_snapshot_cfg="$(curl -s "http://tasks.web_config/config/cosmosia.snapshot.${chain_name}" |sed 's/ = /=/g')"
+  else
+    # inside host
+
+    # figure out container id of agent
+    agent_id=$(docker ps -aqf "name=agent")
+
+    # execute command in agent container to get data version
+    str_rpc_constraint=$(docker exec $agent_id curl -s "http://tasks.web_config/config/cosmosia.rpc.${chain_name}" |sed 's/ = /=/g')
+  fi
+
+  echo $str_rpc_constraint
+}
+
+# to get the url to the config file
+eval "$(curl -s "$CHAIN_REGISTRY_INI_URL" |awk -v TARGET=$chain_name -F ' = ' '
+  {
+    if ($0 ~ /^\[.*\]$/) {
+      gsub(/^\[|\]$/, "", $0)
+      SECTION=$0
+    } else if (($2 != "") && (SECTION==TARGET)) {
+      print $1 "=" $2
+    }
+  }
+  ')"
+
+echo "config=$config"
+# load config
+eval "$(curl -s "$config" |sed 's/ = /=/g')"
+
+str_snapshot_cfg=$(get_docker_snapshot_config)
+echo "str_snapshot_cfg=${str_snapshot_cfg}"
+eval "${str_snapshot_cfg}"
+
+echo "network=$network"
+echo "snapshot_node=$snapshot_node"
+echo "snapshot_storage_node=$snapshot_storage_node"
+
+git_branch=$(git symbolic-ref --short -q HEAD)
+
+######
+
+rpc_service_name="rpc_${chain_name}_${node_num}"
+
+rpc_config=$(get_docker_rpc_config)
+#  example config:
+#  node_1 = "cosmosia52"
+#  node_2 = "cosmosia54"
+
+echo "rpc_config=${rpc_config}"
+eval "${rpc_config}"
+var_rpc_node="node_${node_num}"
+rpc_node=${!var_rpc_node}
+echo "rpc_node=${rpc_node}"
+
+# figure out IP of the remote host
+agent_id=$(docker ps -aqf "name=agent")
+rpc_node_ip=$(docker exec $agent_id curl -s "http://tasks.web_config:2375/nodes/${rpc_node}" |jq -r ".Status.Addr")
+echo "rpc_node_ip=${rpc_node_ip}"
+
+# delete existing service
+docker service rm $rpc_service_name
+
+echo "sleep 30s...."
+sleep 30
+
+echo "opt_clear_data = $opt_clear_data"
+if [ "$opt_clear_data" = true ] ; then
+  ssh -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -o UserKnownHostsFile=/dev/null root@${rpc_node_ip} "rm -rf /mnt/data/rpc/${chain_name}_${node_num}"
+fi
+
diff --git a/snapshot/docker_service_rm.sh b/snapshot/docker_service_rm.sh
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+# usage: ./docker_service_rm.sh chain_name [-d]
+# eg., ./docker_service_rm.sh cosmoshub
+# use -d to delete the data
+
+chain_name="$1"
+
+if [ -f "../env.sh" ]; then
+  source ../env.sh
+else
+    echo "../env.sh file does not exist."
+    exit
+fi
+
+if [[ -z $chain_name ]]; then
+  echo "No chain_name. usage eg., ./docker_service_rm.sh cosmoshub [-d]"
+  exit
+fi
+
+# note: have to call shift to fix the issue that getopts doesn't work there are both params ($1) and the options
+shift
+opt_clear_data=false
+
+OPTSTRING=":d"
+# d: delete existing data, default is false
+
+while getopts ${OPTSTRING} opt; do
+  case ${opt} in
+    d)
+      echo "opt_clear_data Option -d was triggered."
+      opt_clear_data=true
+      ;;
+    ?)
+      echo "Invalid option: -${OPTARG}."
+      exit 1
+      ;;
+  esac
+done
+
+# functions
+get_docker_snapshot_config () {
+  str_snapshot_cfg=""
+
+  if [ -f /.dockerenv ]; then
+    # inside container
+    str_snapshot_cfg="$(curl -s "http://tasks.web_config/config/cosmosia.snapshot.${chain_name}" |sed 's/ = /=/g')"
+  else
+    # inside host
+
+    # figure out container id of agent
+    agent_id=$(docker ps -aqf "name=agent")
+
+    # execute command in agent container to get data version
+    str_snapshot_cfg=$(docker exec $agent_id curl -s "http://tasks.web_config/config/cosmosia.snapshot.${chain_name}" |sed 's/ = /=/g')
+  fi
+
+  echo $str_snapshot_cfg
+}
+
+# to get the url to the config file
+eval "$(curl -s "$CHAIN_REGISTRY_INI_URL" |awk -v TARGET=$chain_name -F ' = ' '
+  {
+    if ($0 ~ /^\[.*\]$/) {
+      gsub(/^\[|\]$/, "", $0)
+      SECTION=$0
+    } else if (($2 != "") && (SECTION==TARGET)) {
+      print $1 "=" $2
+    }
+  }
+  ')"
+
+echo "config=$config"
+# load config
+eval "$(curl -s "$config" |sed 's/ = /=/g')"
+
+str_snapshot_cfg=$(get_docker_snapshot_config)
+echo "str_snapshot_cfg=${str_snapshot_cfg}"
+eval "${str_snapshot_cfg}"
+echo "network=$network"
+
+SERVICE_NAME="snapshot_$chain_name"
+
+# figure out IP of the remote host
+agent_id=$(docker ps -aqf "name=agent")
+snapshot_node_ip=$(docker exec $agent_id curl -s "http://tasks.web_config:2375/nodes/${snapshot_node}" |jq -r ".Status.Addr")
+
+# delete existing service
+docker service rm $SERVICE_NAME
+
+echo "sleep 20s..."
+sleep 20
+
+echo "opt_clear_data = $opt_clear_data"
+if [ "$opt_clear_data" = true ] ; then
+  ssh -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -o UserKnownHostsFile=/dev/null root@${snapshot_node_ip} "rm -rf /mnt/data/rpc/${chain_name}"
+fi