1podman-rmi(1)               General Commands Manual              podman-rmi(1)
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NAME

6       podman-rmi - Remove one or more locally stored images
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SYNOPSIS

10       podman rmi [options] image [...]
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DESCRIPTION

17       Removes  one  or more locally stored images.  Passing an argument image
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19       image is an image without a tag and without being referenced by another
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23       Note: To delete an image from a remote registry, use the skopeo  delete
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OPTIONS

29   --all, -a
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34       This option causes Podman to remove all containers that are  using  the
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74       $ podman rmi nothing
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Exit Status

81       0   All specified images removed
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SEE ALSO

95       podman(1), skopeo-delete(1)
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HISTORY

99       March   2017,   Originally  compiled  by  Dan  Walsh  dwalsh@redhat.com
100       ⟨mailto:dwalsh@redhat.com⟩
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