---
name: "podman-rmi"
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-rmi"
---

# podman-rmi(1)

Remove one or more locally stored images

## NAME

podman-rmi - Remove one or more locally stored images

## SYNOPSIS

**podman rmi** \[*options*\] *image* \[...\]

**podman image rm** \[*options*\] *image* \[...\]

## DESCRIPTION

Removes one or more locally stored images. Passing an argument *image* deletes it, along with any of its dangling parent images.  A dangling image is an image without a tag and without being referenced by another image.

Note: To delete an image from a remote registry, use the **skopeo delete** command. Some registries do not allow users to delete an image via a CLI remotely.

## OPTIONS

### --all, -a

Remove all images in the local storage.

### --force, -f

This option causes Podman to remove all containers that are using the image before removing the image from the system.

### --ignore, -i

If a specified image does not exist in the local storage, ignore it and do not throw an error.

### --no-prune

This option does not remove dangling parents of the specified image.

## EXAMPLES

Remove an image by its short ID

```
$ podman rmi c0ed59d05ff7
```

Remove an image and its associated containers.

```
$ podman rmi --force imageID
```

Remove multiple images by their shortened IDs.

```
$ podman rmi c4dfb1609ee2 93fd78260bd1 c0ed59d05ff7
```

Remove all images and containers.

```
$ podman rmi -a -f
```

Remove an absent image with and without the **--ignore** flag.

```
$ podman rmi --ignore nothing
$ podman rmi nothing
Error: nothing: image not known
```

Remove an image but keep any parents of it.

```
podman rmi --no-prune d29200bf974d
Deleted: d29200bf974dbc48dc66c23c4031548531b6b5943e5f25ee7bda232e3b6b27f4
```

## Exit Status

**0**   All specified images removed

**1**   One of the specified images did not exist, and no other failures

**2**   One of the specified images has child images or is being used by a container

**125** The command fails for any other reason

## SEE ALSO

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

## HISTORY

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