% podman-rmi(1)

## NAME
podman\-rmi - Removes one or more locally stored images

## SYNOPSIS
**podman rmi** *image* [...]

**podman image rm** *image* [...]

## DESCRIPTION
Removes one or more locally stored images.

## OPTIONS

**-all**, **-a**

Remove all images in the local storage.

**--force**, **-f**

This option will cause podman to remove all containers that are using the image before removing the image from the system.


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
```
## Exit Status
**_0_** if all specified images removed
**_1_** if one of the specified images did not exist, and no other failures
**_2_** if one of the specified images has child images or is being used by a container
**_125_** if the command fails for a reason other than an image did not exist or is in use

## SEE ALSO
podman(1)

## HISTORY
March 2017, Originally compiled by Dan Walsh <dwalsh@redhat.com>