| podman-container-prune(1) | General Commands Manual | podman-container-prune(1) |
NAME¶
podman-container-prune - Remove all stopped containers from local storage
SYNOPSIS¶
podman container prune [options]
DESCRIPTION¶
podman container prune removes all stopped containers from local storage.
OPTIONS¶
--filter=filters¶
Provide filter values.
The filters argument format is of key=value. If there is more than one filter, then pass multiple OPTIONS: --filter foo=bar --filter bif=baz.
Supported filters:
| Filter | Description |
| label | Only remove containers, with (or without, in the case of label!=[...] is used) the specified labels. |
| until | Only remove containers created before given timestamp. |
The label filter accepts two formats. One is the label=key or label=key=value, which removes containers with the specified labels. The other format is the label!=key or label!=key=value, which removes containers without the specified labels.
The until filter can be Unix timestamps, date formatted timestamps, or Go duration strings (e.g. 10m, 1h30m) computed relative to the machine’s time.
--force, -f¶
Do not provide an interactive prompt for container removal.
The default is false.
-h, --help
Print usage statement.
The default is false.
EXAMPLES¶
Remove all stopped containers from local storage
$ podman container prune WARNING! This will remove all stopped containers. Are you sure you want to continue? [y/N] y 878392adf2e6c5c9bb1fc19b69d37d2e98c8abf9d539c0bce4b15b46bbcce471 37664467fbe3618bf9479c34393ac29c02696675addf1750f9e346581636cde7 ed0c6468b8e1cb641b4621d1fe30cb477e1fefc5c0bceb66feaf2f7cb50e5962 6ac6c8f0067b7a4682e6b8e18902665b57d1a0e07e885d9abcd382232a543ccd fff1c5b6c3631746055ec40598ce8ecaa4b82aef122f9e3a85b03b55c0d06c23 602d343cd47e7cb3dfc808282a9900a3e4555747787ec6723bb68cedab8384d5
Remove all stopped containers from local storage without confirmation.
$ podman container prune -f 878392adf2e6c5c9bb1fc19b69d37d2e98c8abf9d539c0bce4b15b46bbcce471 37664467fbe3618bf9479c34393ac29c02696675addf1750f9e346581636cde7 ed0c6468b8e1cb641b4621d1fe30cb477e1fefc5c0bceb66feaf2f7cb50e5962 6ac6c8f0067b7a4682e6b8e18902665b57d1a0e07e885d9abcd382232a543ccd fff1c5b6c3631746055ec40598ce8ecaa4b82aef122f9e3a85b03b55c0d06c23 602d343cd47e7cb3dfc808282a9900a3e4555747787ec6723bb68cedab8384d5
Remove all stopped containers from local storage created before the last 10 minutes
$ podman container prune --filter until="10m" WARNING! This will remove all stopped containers. Are you sure you want to continue? [y/N] y 3d366295e33d8cc612c4d873199bacadd55088d90d17dcafaa9a2d317ad50b4e
SEE ALSO¶
HISTORY¶
December 2018, Originally compiled by Brent Baude
bbaude@redhat.com ⟨mailto:bbaude@redhat.com⟩
December 2020, converted filter information from docs.docker.com documentation
by Dan Walsh dwalsh@redhat.com ⟨mailto:dwalsh@redhat.com⟩