NAME
podman-rm - Remove one or more containers
SYNOPSIS
podman rm [options] container
podman container rm [options] container
DESCRIPTION
podman rm removes one or more containers from the host. The container name or ID can be used. This does not remove images. Running or unusable containers are not removed without the -f option.
OPTIONS
--all,
-a
Remove all containers. Can be used in conjunction with
-f as well.
--cidfile=file
Read container ID from the specified file and rm the
container. Can be specified multiple times.
Command does not fail when file is missing and user specified --ignore.
--depend
Remove selected container and recursively remove all
containers that depend on it.
--filter=filter
Filter what containers remove. Multiple filters can be given
with multiple uses of the --filter flag. Filters with the
same key work inclusive with the only exception being
label which is exclusive. Filters with different keys
always work exclusive.
Valid filters are listed below:
--force, -f
Force the removal of running and paused containers. Forcing
a container removal also removes containers from container
storage even if the container is not known to Podman. For
example, containers that are created by different container
engines like Buildah. In addition, forcing can be used to
remove unusable containers, e.g. containers whose OCI
runtime has become unavailable.
--ignore,
-i
Ignore errors when specified containers are not in the
container store. A user might have decided to manually
remove a container which leads to a failure during the
ExecStop directive of a systemd service referencing that
container.
Further ignore when the specified --cidfile does not exist as it may have already been removed along with the container.
--latest,
-l
Instead of providing the container name or ID, use the last
created container. Note: the last started container can be
from other users of Podman on the host machine. (This option
is not available with the remote Podman client, including
Mac and Windows (excluding WSL2) machines)
--time,
-t=seconds
Seconds to wait before forcibly stopping the container. Use
-1 for infinite wait.
The --force option must be specified to use the --time option.
--volumes,
-v
Remove anonymous volumes associated with the container. This
does not include named volumes created with podman volume
create, or the --volume option of podman
run and podman create.
EXAMPLE
Remove container with a given name
$ podman rm mywebserver
Remove container with a given name and all of the containers that depend on it
$ podman rm --depend mywebserver
Remove multiple containers with given names or IDs
$ podman rm mywebserver myflaskserver 860a4b23
Remove multiple containers with IDs read from files
$ podman rm --cidfile ./cidfile-1 --cidfile /home/user/cidfile-2
Forcibly remove container with a given ID
$ podman rm -f 860a4b23
Remove all containers regardless of the run state
$ podman rm -f -a
Forcibly remove the last created container
$ podman rm -f --latest
Exit Status
0 All specified containers removed
1 One of the specified containers did not exist, and no other failures
2 One of the specified containers is paused or running
125 The command fails for any other reason
SEE ALSO
HISTORY
August 2017, Originally compiled by Ryan Cole rycole [AT] redhat.com ⟨ mailto:rycole [AT] redhat.com⟩