podman-rm

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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:

   
    Filter    Description                                                     
   
    id        [ID]  Container's  ID  (CID  prefix  match  by default; accepts │
   │          │ regex)                                                          │
   ├──────────┼─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
   │ name     │ [Name] Container's name (accepts regex)                         
   
    label     [Key] or [Key=Value] Label assigned to a container              
   
    exited    [Int] Container's exit code                                     │
   ├──────────┼─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
   │ status   │ [Status] Container's  status:  'created',  'initialized',  'ex‐ │
   │          │ ited', 'paused', 'running', 'unknown'                           
   
    ancestor  [ImageName] Image or descendant used to create container        
   
    before    [ID] or [Name] Containers created before this container         
   
    since     [ID] or [Name] Containers created since this container          
   
    volume    [VolumeName]  or [MountpointDestination] Volume mounted in con 
              tainer                                                          
   
    health    [Status] healthy or unhealthy                                   
   
    pod       [Pod] name or full or partial ID of pod                         
   
    network   [Network] name or full ID of network                            
   
    until     [DateTime] Containers created  before  the  given  duration  or 
              time.                                                           
   

--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 exam
   ple,  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  direc
   tive 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. (This option is not available with the remote Podman client, including Mac and Windows (excluding WSL2) machines):

   $ 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

   podman(1)

HISTORY

   August 2017, Originally compiled by Ryan Cole rycole@redhat.com mailto:rycole@redhat.com

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