---
name: "podman-tag"
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-tag"
---

# podman-tag(1)

Add an additional name to a local image

## NAME

podman-tag - Add an additional name to a local image

## SYNOPSIS

**podman tag** *image*\[:*tag*\] \[*target-name*\[:*tag*\]...\] \[*options*\]

**podman image tag** *image*\[:*tag*\] \[*target-name*\[:*tag*\]...\] \[*options*\]

## DESCRIPTION

Assigns a new image name to an existing image.  A full name refers to the entire image name, including the optional *tag* after the **:**.  If there is no *tag* provided, then Podman defaults to **latest** for both the *image* and the *target-name*.

## OPTIONS

### --help, -h

Print usage statement

## EXAMPLES

Tag specified image with an image name defaulting to :latest.

```
$ podman tag 0e3bbc2 fedora:latest
```

Tag specified image with fully specified image name.

```
$ podman tag httpd myregistryhost:5000/fedora/httpd:v2
```

Tag specified image with multiple tags.

```
$ podman tag mymariadb mycontainerregistry.io/namespace/mariadb:10 mycontainerregistry.io/namespace/mariadb:10.11 mycontainerregistry.io/namespace/mariadb:10.11.12
```

## SEE ALSO

**[podman(1)](/podman/1.md)**

## HISTORY

December 2019, Update description to refer to 'name' instead of 'alias' by Sascha Grunert sgrunert@suse.com ⟨mailto:sgrunert@suse.com⟩ July 2017, Originally compiled by Ryan Cole rycole@redhat.com ⟨mailto:rycole@redhat.com⟩