command: docker image history
aliases: docker image history, docker history
short: Show the history of an image
long: Show the history of an image
usage: docker image history [OPTIONS] IMAGE
pname: docker image
plink: docker_image.yaml
options:
    - option: format
      value_type: string
      description: |-
        Format output using a custom template:
        'table':            Print output in table format with column headers (default)
        'table TEMPLATE':   Print output in table format using the given Go template
        'json':             Print in JSON format
        'TEMPLATE':         Print output using the given Go template.
        Refer to https://docs.docker.com/go/formatting/ for more information about formatting output with templates
      details_url: '#format'
      deprecated: false
      hidden: false
      experimental: false
      experimentalcli: false
      kubernetes: false
      swarm: false
    - option: human
      shorthand: H
      value_type: bool
      default_value: "true"
      description: Print sizes and dates in human readable format
      deprecated: false
      hidden: false
      experimental: false
      experimentalcli: false
      kubernetes: false
      swarm: false
    - option: no-trunc
      value_type: bool
      default_value: "false"
      description: Don't truncate output
      deprecated: false
      hidden: false
      experimental: false
      experimentalcli: false
      kubernetes: false
      swarm: false
    - option: platform
      value_type: string
      description: |
        Show history for the given platform. Formatted as `os[/arch[/variant]]` (e.g., `linux/amd64`)
      details_url: '#platform'
      deprecated: false
      hidden: false
      min_api_version: "1.48"
      experimental: false
      experimentalcli: false
      kubernetes: false
      swarm: false
    - option: quiet
      shorthand: q
      value_type: bool
      default_value: "false"
      description: Only show image IDs
      deprecated: false
      hidden: false
      experimental: false
      experimentalcli: false
      kubernetes: false
      swarm: false
inherited_options:
    - option: help
      value_type: bool
      default_value: "false"
      description: Print usage
      deprecated: false
      hidden: true
      experimental: false
      experimentalcli: false
      kubernetes: false
      swarm: false
examples: |-
    To see how the `docker:latest` image was built:

    ```console
    $ docker history docker

    IMAGE               CREATED             CREATED BY                                      SIZE                COMMENT
    3e23a5875458        8 days ago          /bin/sh -c #(nop) ENV LC_ALL=C.UTF-8            0 B
    8578938dd170        8 days ago          /bin/sh -c dpkg-reconfigure locales &&    loc   1.245 MB
    be51b77efb42        8 days ago          /bin/sh -c apt-get update && apt-get install    338.3 MB
    4b137612be55        6 weeks ago         /bin/sh -c #(nop) ADD jessie.tar.xz in /        121 MB
    750d58736b4b        6 weeks ago         /bin/sh -c #(nop) MAINTAINER Tianon Gravi <ad   0 B
    511136ea3c5a        9 months ago                                                        0 B                 Imported from -
    ```

    To see how the `docker:apache` image was added to a container's base image:

    ```console
    $ docker history docker:scm
    IMAGE               CREATED             CREATED BY                                      SIZE                COMMENT
    2ac9d1098bf1        3 months ago        /bin/bash                                       241.4 MB            Added Apache to Fedora base image
    88b42ffd1f7c        5 months ago        /bin/sh -c #(nop) ADD file:1fd8d7f9f6557cafc7   373.7 MB
    c69cab00d6ef        5 months ago        /bin/sh -c #(nop) MAINTAINER Lokesh Mandvekar   0 B
    511136ea3c5a        19 months ago                                                       0 B                 Imported from -
    ```

    ### Format the output (--format) {#format}

    The formatting option (`--format`) will pretty-prints history output
    using a Go template.

    Valid placeholders for the Go template are listed below:

    | Placeholder     | Description                                                                                               |
    |-----------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
    | `.ID`           | Image ID                                                                                                  |
    | `.CreatedSince` | Elapsed time since the image was created if `--human=true`, otherwise timestamp of when image was created |
    | `.CreatedAt`    | Timestamp of when image was created                                                                       |
    | `.CreatedBy`    | Command that was used to create the image                                                                 |
    | `.Size`         | Image disk size                                                                                           |
    | `.Comment`      | Comment for image                                                                                         |

    When using the `--format` option, the `history` command either
    outputs the data exactly as the template declares or, when using the
    `table` directive, includes column headers as well.

    The following example uses a template without headers and outputs the
    `ID` and `CreatedSince` entries separated by a colon (`:`) for the `busybox`
    image:

    ```console
    $ docker history --format "{{.ID}}: {{.CreatedSince}}" busybox

    f6e427c148a7: 4 weeks ago
    <missing>: 4 weeks ago
    ```

    ### Show history for a specific platform (--platform) {#platform}

    The `--platform` option allows you to specify which platform variant to show
    history for if multiple platforms are present. By default, `docker history`
    shows the history for the daemon's native platform or if not present, the
    first available platform.

    If the local image store has multiple platform variants of an image, the
    `--platform` option selects which variant to show the history for. An error
    is produced if the given platform is not present in the local image cache.

    The platform option takes the `os[/arch[/variant]]` format; for example,
    `linux/amd64` or `linux/arm64/v8`. Architecture and variant are optional,
    and if omitted falls back to the daemon's defaults.


    The following example pulls the RISC-V variant of the `alpine:latest` image
    and shows its history.


    ```console
    $ docker image pull --quiet --platform=linux/riscv64 alpine
    docker.io/library/alpine:latest

    $ docker image history --platform=linux/s390x alpine
    IMAGE          CREATED       CREATED BY                                      SIZE      COMMENT
    beefdbd8a1da   3 weeks ago   /bin/sh -c #(nop)  CMD ["/bin/sh"]              0B
    <missing>      3 weeks ago   /bin/sh -c #(nop) ADD file:ba2637314e600db5a…   8.46MB
    ```

    The following example attempts to show the history for a platform variant of
    `alpine:latest` that doesn't exist in the local image store, resulting in
    an error.

    ```console
    $ docker image ls --tree
    IMAGE                   ID             DISK USAGE   CONTENT SIZE   IN USE
    alpine:latest           beefdbd8a1da       10.6MB         3.37MB
    ├─ linux/riscv64        80cde017a105       10.6MB         3.37MB
    ├─ linux/amd64          33735bd63cf8           0B             0B
    ├─ linux/arm/v6         50f635c8b04d           0B             0B
    ├─ linux/arm/v7         f2f82d424957           0B             0B
    ├─ linux/arm64/v8       9cee2b382fe2           0B             0B
    ├─ linux/386            b3e87f642f5c           0B             0B
    ├─ linux/ppc64le        c7a6800e3dc5           0B             0B
    └─ linux/s390x          2b5b26e09ca2           0B             0B

    $ docker image history --platform=linux/s390x alpine
    Error response from daemon: image with reference alpine:latest was found but does not match the specified platform: wanted linux/s390x
    ```
deprecated: false
hidden: false
experimental: false
experimentalcli: false
kubernetes: false
swarm: false