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. Use -1 for infinite wait.

-v, --volumes

Remove anonymous volumes associated with the container.

$ # 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

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.