podman-rm(1)

1podman-rm(1)()                                                  podman-rm(1)()
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NAME

6       podman-rm - Remove one or more containers
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SYNOPSIS

10       podman rm [options] container
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DESCRIPTION

17       podman  rm  will remove one or more containers from the host.  The con‐
18       tainer name or ID can be used.  This does not remove  images.   Running
19       or unusable containers will not be removed without the -f option.
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OPTIONS

23       --all, -a
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40       removal also removes containers from container storage even if the con‐
41       tainer is not known to podman.  Containers could have been created by a
42       different container engine.  In addition, forcing can be used to remove
43       unusable containers, e.g.  containers  whose  OCI  runtime  has  become
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51       A user might have decided to manually remove a  container  which  would
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60       container.  If you use methods other than Podman to run containers such
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EXAMPLE

88       Remove a container by its name mywebserver
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Exit Status

131       0   All specified containers removed
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HISTORY

150       August  2017,  Originally  compiled  by  Ryan  Cole   rycole@redhat.com
151       ⟨mailto:rycole@redhat.com⟩
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