podman-rm
Remove one or more containers
TLDR
Remove container
$ podman rm [container]
Force remove running container$ podman rm -f [container]
Remove multiple containers$ podman rm [container1] [container2]
Remove all containers$ podman rm -a
Remove container and its anonymous volumes$ podman rm -v [container]
Remove containers matching a filter$ podman rm --filter status=exited
SYNOPSIS
podman rm [options] container...
DESCRIPTION
podman rm removes one or more containers. By default, only stopped containers can be removed. Use --force to remove running containers.
PARAMETERS
-a, --all
Remove all containers.--cidfile file
Read container ID from file and remove it. Can be specified multiple times.--depend
Remove selected container and recursively remove all containers that depend on it.--filter filter
Filter containers to remove (e.g., status, label, network, ancestor, name).-f, --force
Force removal of running and paused containers.-i, --ignore
Ignore errors when specified containers are not in the container store.-l, --latest
Use the last created container instead of specifying name or ID.-t, --time seconds
Seconds to wait before forcibly stopping the container (requires --force). Use -1 for infinite wait.-v, --volumes
Remove anonymous volumes associated with the container.
EXAMPLES
$ # Remove stopped container
podman rm mycontainer
# Force remove running container
podman rm -f webserver
# Remove all containers
podman rm -a
# Remove all containers including running ones
podman rm -af
# Remove with anonymous volumes
podman rm -v database
# Remove containers filtered by status
podman rm --filter status=exited
# Remove latest container
podman rm -l
podman rm mycontainer
# Force remove running container
podman rm -f webserver
# Remove all containers
podman rm -a
# Remove all containers including running ones
podman rm -af
# Remove with anonymous volumes
podman rm -v database
# Remove containers filtered by status
podman rm --filter status=exited
# Remove latest container
podman rm -l
INSTALL
sudo apt install podman
sudo dnf install podman
sudo pacman -S podman
sudo apk add podman
sudo zypper install podman
brew install podman
nix profile install nixpkgs#podman
CAVEATS
Cannot remove running containers without --force. Anonymous volumes not removed unless -v specified. Named volumes are never removed by this command.
HISTORY
podman rm is part of Podman, the daemonless container engine by Red Hat providing Docker-compatible container management.
SEE ALSO
podman(1), podman-rmi(1), podman-ps(1), docker-rm(1)