pct-destroy

removes a Proxmox LXC container and its associated storage

TLDR

Destroy container

$ pct destroy 100

Force destroy running container

$ pct destroy 100 --force

Destroy and purge references

$ pct destroy 100 --purge

SYNOPSIS

pct destroy vmid [OPTIONS]

DESCRIPTION

pct destroy removes a Proxmox LXC container and its associated storage. By default, the container must be stopped first unless the force option is used.

PARAMETERS

vmid

The numeric ID of the container

--force

Destroy even if the container is running

--purge

Also remove all references to this container (jobs, replication, etc.)

CAVEATS

This operation is irreversible. All container data will be lost. Snapshots associated with the container are also removed. Use --purge to clean up scheduled jobs and replication configurations.

HISTORY

pct destroy is part of the Proxmox VE virtualization platform for managing LXC containers.