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rmi
Remove one or more images
Aliases
docker image rm, docker image remove, docker rmi
Options
| Name | Type | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
-f, --force |
bool |
Force removal of the image | |
--no-prune |
bool |
Do not delete untagged parents | |
--platform |
stringSlice |
Remove only the given platform variant. Formatted as os[/arch[/variant]] (e.g., linux/amd64) |
Description
Removes (and un-tags) one or more images from the host node. If an image has multiple tags, using this command with the tag as a parameter only removes the tag. If the tag is the only one for the image, both the image and the tag are removed.
This does not remove images from a registry. You cannot remove an image of a
running container unless you use the -f option. To see all images on a host
use the docker image ls command.
Examples
You can remove an image using its short or long ID, its tag, or its digest. If an image has one or more tags referencing it, you must remove all of them before the image is removed. Digest references are removed automatically when an image is removed by tag.
$ docker images
REPOSITORY TAG IMAGE ID CREATED SIZE
test1 latest fd484f19954f 23 seconds ago 7 B (virtual 4.964 MB)
test latest fd484f19954f 23 seconds ago 7 B (virtual 4.964 MB)
test2 latest fd484f19954f 23 seconds ago 7 B (virtual 4.964 MB)
$ docker rmi fd484f19954f
Error: Conflict, cannot delete image fd484f19954f because it is tagged in multiple repositories, use -f to force
2013/12/11 05:47:16 Error: failed to remove one or more images
$ docker rmi test1:latest
Untagged: test1:latest
$ docker rmi test2:latest
Untagged: test2:latest
$ docker images
REPOSITORY TAG IMAGE ID CREATED SIZE
test latest fd484f19954f 23 seconds ago 7 B (virtual 4.964 MB)
$ docker rmi test:latest
Untagged: test:latest
Deleted: fd484f19954f4920da7ff372b5067f5b7ddb2fd3830cecd17b96ea9e286ba5b8
If you use the -f flag and specify the image's short or long ID, then this
command untags and removes all images that match the specified ID.
$ docker images
REPOSITORY TAG IMAGE ID CREATED SIZE
test1 latest fd484f19954f 23 seconds ago 7 B (virtual 4.964 MB)
test latest fd484f19954f 23 seconds ago 7 B (virtual 4.964 MB)
test2 latest fd484f19954f 23 seconds ago 7 B (virtual 4.964 MB)
$ docker rmi -f fd484f19954f
Untagged: test1:latest
Untagged: test:latest
Untagged: test2:latest
Deleted: fd484f19954f4920da7ff372b5067f5b7ddb2fd3830cecd17b96ea9e286ba5b8
An image pulled by digest has no tag associated with it:
$ docker images --digests
REPOSITORY TAG DIGEST IMAGE ID CREATED SIZE
localhost:5000/test/busybox <none> sha256:cbbf2f9a99b47fc460d422812b6a5adff7dfee951d8fa2e4a98caa0382cfbdbf 4986bf8c1536 9 weeks ago 2.43 MB
To remove an image using its digest:
$ docker rmi localhost:5000/test/busybox@sha256:cbbf2f9a99b47fc460d422812b6a5adff7dfee951d8fa2e4a98caa0382cfbdbf
Untagged: localhost:5000/test/busybox@sha256:cbbf2f9a99b47fc460d422812b6a5adff7dfee951d8fa2e4a98caa0382cfbdbf
Deleted: 4986bf8c15363d1c5d15512d5266f8777bfba4974ac56e3270e7760f6f0a8125
Deleted: ea13149945cb6b1e746bf28032f02e9b5a793523481a0a18645fc77ad53c4ea2
Deleted: df7546f9f060a2268024c8a230d8639878585defcc1bc6f79d2728a13957871b
Remove specific platforms (--platform)
The --platform option allows you to specify which platform variants of the
image to remove. By default, docker image remove removes all platform variants
that are present. Use the --platform option to specify which platform variant
of the image to remove.
Removing a specific platform removes the image from all images that reference
the same content, and requires the --force option to be used. Omitting the
--force option produces a warning, and the remove is canceled:
$ docker image rm --platform=linux/amd64 alpine
Error response from daemon: Content will be removed from all images referencing this variant. Use —-force to force delete.
The platform option takes the os[/arch[/variant]] format; for example,
linux/amd64 or linux/arm64/v8. Architecture and variant are optional,
and default to the daemon's native architecture if omitted.
You can pass multiple platforms either by passing the --platform flag
multiple times, or by passing a comma-separated list of platforms to remove.
The following uses of this option are equivalent;
$ docker image rm --plaform linux/amd64 --platform linux/ppc64le myimage
$ docker image rm --plaform linux/amd64,linux/ppc64le myimage
The following example removes the linux/amd64 and linux/ppc64le variants
of an alpine image that contains multiple platform variants in the image
cache:
$ docker image ls --tree
IMAGE ID DISK USAGE CONTENT SIZE EXTRA
alpine:latest a8560b36e8b8 37.8MB 11.2MB U
├─ linux/amd64 1c4eef651f65 12.1MB 3.64MB U
├─ linux/arm/v6 903bfe2ae994 0B 0B
├─ linux/arm/v7 9c2d245b3c01 0B 0B
├─ linux/arm64/v8 757d680068d7 12.8MB 3.99MB
├─ linux/386 2436f2b3b7d2 0B 0B
├─ linux/ppc64le 9ed53fd3b831 12.8MB 3.58MB
├─ linux/riscv64 1de5eb4a9a67 0B 0B
└─ linux/s390x fe0dcdd1f783 0B 0B
$ docker image --platform=linux/amd64,linux/ppc64le --force alpine
Deleted: sha256:1c4eef651f65e2f7daee7ee785882ac164b02b78fb74503052a26dc061c90474
Deleted: sha256:9ed53fd3b83120f78b33685d930ce9bf5aa481f6e2d165c42cbbddbeaa196f6f
After the command completes, the given variants of the alpine image are removed
from the image cache:
$ docker image ls --tree
IMAGE ID DISK USAGE CONTENT SIZE EXTRA
alpine:latest a8560b36e8b8 12.8MB 3.99MB
├─ linux/amd64 1c4eef651f65 0B 0B
├─ linux/arm/v6 903bfe2ae994 0B 0B
├─ linux/arm/v7 9c2d245b3c01 0B 0B
├─ linux/arm64/v8 757d680068d7 12.8MB 3.99MB
├─ linux/386 2436f2b3b7d2 0B 0B
├─ linux/ppc64le 9ed53fd3b831 0B 0B
├─ linux/riscv64 1de5eb4a9a67 0B 0B
└─ linux/s390x fe0dcdd1f783 0B 0B