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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13       podman container 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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32   --force, -f
33       Force the removal of running and paused containers. Forcing a container
34       removal also removes containers from container storage even if the con‐
35       tainer is not known to podman.  Containers could have been created by a
36       different container engine.  In addition, forcing can be used to remove
37       unusable containers, e.g.  containers  whose  OCI  runtime  has  become
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43       A user might have decided to manually remove a  container  which  would
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49       Instead of providing the container name or ID,  use  the  last  created
50       container.  If you use methods other than Podman to run containers such
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59       Remove  anonymous  volumes associated with the container. This does not
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61       ume option of podman run and podman create.
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EXAMPLE

65       Remove a container by its name mywebserver
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Exit Status

108       0   All specified containers removed
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111       1    One  of the specified containers did not exist, and no other fail‐
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HISTORY

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