podman-image-prune(1) General Commands Manual podman-image-prune(1)
NAME
podman-image-prune - Remove all unused images from the local store
SYNOPSIS
podman image prune [options]
DESCRIPTION
podman image prune removes all dangling images from local storage. With
the all option, all unused images are deleted (i.e., images not in use
by any container).
The image prune command does not prune cache images that only use layers
that are necessary for other images.
OPTIONS
--all, -a
Remove dangling images and images that have no associated containers.
--build-cache
Remove persistent build cache create for --mount=type=cache.
--external
Remove images even when they are used by external containers (e.g.,
build containers).
--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 images, with │
│ │ (or without, in the case │
│ │ of label!=[...] is used) │
│ │ the specified labels. │
├────────┼────────────────────────────┤
│ until │ Only remove images created │
│ │ before given timestamp. │
└────────┴────────────────────────────┘
The label filter accepts two formats. One is the label=key or la-
bel=key=value, which removes containers with the specified labels. The
other format is the label!=key or label!=key=value, which removes con-
tainers 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.
--help, -h
Print usage statement
EXAMPLES
Remove all dangling images from local storage:
$ sudo podman image prune
WARNING! This will remove all dangling images.
Are you sure you want to continue? [y/N] y
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Remove all unused images from local storage without confirming:
$ sudo podman image prune -a -f
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Remove all unused images from local storage since given time/hours:
$ sudo podman image prune -a --filter until=2019-11-14T06:15:42.937792374Z
WARNING! This will remove all dangling images.
Are you sure you want to continue? [y/N] y
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$ sudo podman image prune -f --filter until=10h
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Remove all unused images from local storage with label version 1.0:
$ sudo podman image prune -a -f --filter label=version=1.0
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SEE ALSO
podman(1), podman-images(1)
HISTORY
December 2018, Originally compiled by Brent Baude (bbaude at redhat dot
com) December 2020, converted filter information from docs.docker.com
documentation by Dan Walsh (dwalsh at redhat dot com)
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