---
name: "podman-artifact-rm"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "podman"
version: "6.1.4-1"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/podman-artifact-rm"
---

# podman-artifact-rm(1)

Remove one or more OCI artifacts from local storage

## NAME

podman-artifact-rm - Remove one or more OCI artifacts from local storage

## SYNOPSIS

**podman artifact rm** \[*options*\] *name*

## DESCRIPTION

Remove one or more artifacts from the local artifact store.  The input may be the fully qualified artifact name or a full or partial artifact digest.

## OPTIONS

### --all, -a

Remove all artifacts in the local store.  The use of this option conflicts with providing a name or digest of the artifact.

### --ignore, -i

Remove artifacts in the local store, ignoring errors when trying to remove artifacts that do not exist.

## EXAMPLES

Remove an artifact by name.

```
$ podman artifact rm quay.io/artifact/foobar2:test
Deleted: e7b417f49fc24fc7ead6485da0ebd5bc4419d8a3f394c169fee5a6f38faa4056
```

Remove multiple artifacts by their shortened IDs.

```
$ podman artifact rm c4dfb1609ee2 93fd78260bd1 c0ed59d05ff7
```

Remove an artifact by partial digest.

```
$ podman artifact rm e7b417f49fc
Deleted: e7b417f49fc24fc7ead6485da0ebd5bc4419d8a3f394c169fee5a6f38faa4056
```

Remove all artifacts in local storage.

```
$ podman artifact rm -a
Deleted: cee15f7c5ce3e86ae6ce60d84bebdc37ad34acfa9a2611cf47501469ac83a1ab
Deleted: 72875f8f6f78d5b8ba98b2dd2c0a6f395fde8f05ff63a1df580d7a88f5afa97b
```

Remove artifacts ignoring the errors if the artifact does not exist.

```
$ podman artifact rm -i 3f78d5b8ba98b2
```

## SEE ALSO

**[podman(1)](/podman/1.md)**, **[podman-artifact(1)](/podman-artifact/1.md)**

## HISTORY

Jan 2025, Originally compiled by Brent Baude bbaude@redhat.com ⟨mailto:bbaude@redhat.com⟩