[Edit: I have completely changed the question in response to the replies given] I am curious if there is well defined notion of *reduced $E_\infty$-ring*. Let $CAlg$ denote the $\infty$-category of $E_\infty$-ring, $CAlg_1$, the one category of communicative rings. I would like to define the analog for *reduced ring*. One categorically, $ CAlg_1^{red} \hookrightarrow CAlg_1$ admits a left adjoint $A \mapsto A^{red}:=A /nil(A)$. --- We can define $$CAlg^{red} \hookrightarrow CAlg$$ as the $\infty$-cat. of $E_\infty$-rings whose underling ring is reduced. Does there exist a left adjoint? As mentioned in comments by Marc, this is false. --- **Question[Edit]:** What *should* be the notion of $E_\infty$-ring? Harry in the comment says that this should be an ordinary reduced ring. I would appreciate if some explanation could make this precise. [1]: https://www.math.ias.edu/~lurie/papers/HA.pdf