podman-network-prune(1) General Commands Manual podman-network-prune(1)

# [NAME](#NAME)

podman-network-prune - Remove all unused networks

# [SYNOPSIS](#SYNOPSIS)

**podman network prune** \[*options*]

# [DESCRIPTION](#DESCRIPTION)

Remove all unused networks. An unused network is defined by a network which has no containers connected or configured to connect to it. It does not remove the so-called default network which goes by the name of *podman*.

# [OPTIONS](#OPTIONS)

## **--filter**

Provide filter values.

The *filters* argument format is of **key=value**. If there is more than one *filter*, then pass multiple OPTIONS: **--filter** *foo=bar* **--filter** *bif=baz*.

Supported filters:

**Filter** **Description** label Only remove networks, with (or without, in the case of label!=\[...] is used) the specified labels. until Only remove networks created before given timestamp.

The **label** *filter* accepts two formats. One is the **label**=*key* or **label**=*key*=*value*, which removes networks with the specified labels. The other format is the **label!**=*key* or **label!**=*key*=*value*, which removes networks without the specified labels.

The **until** *filter* can be Unix timestamps, date formatted timestamps, or Go duration strings (e.g. 10m, 1h30m) computed relative to the machine’s time.

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

Do not prompt for confirmation

# [EXAMPLE](#EXAMPLE)

Prune networks:

```
podman network prune
```

Prune all networks created not created in the last two hours:

```
podman network prune --filter until=2h
```

# [SEE ALSO](#SEE_ALSO)

[**podman(1)**](/man/enterprise-packages/podman-doc-5.8/podman.1), [**podman-network(1)**](/man/enterprise-packages/podman-doc-5.8/podman-network.1), [**podman-network-rm(1)**](/man/enterprise-packages/podman-doc-5.8/podman-network-rm.1)

# [HISTORY](#HISTORY)

February 2021, Originally compiled by Brent Baude bbaude@redhat.com ⟨mailto:bbaude@redhat.com⟩

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Document: podman-network-prune(1) from podman-doc-5.8 5.8.8-r2 (Chainguard OS)
Source: https://github.com/containers/podman