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

# [NAME](#NAME)

podman-container-prune - Remove all stopped containers from local storage

# [SYNOPSIS](#SYNOPSIS)

**podman container prune** \[*options*]

# [DESCRIPTION](#DESCRIPTION)

**podman container prune** removes all stopped containers from local storage.

# [OPTIONS](#OPTIONS)

## **--filter**=*filters*

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

The **label** *filter* accepts two formats. One is the **label**=*key* or **label**=*key*=*value*, which removes containers with the specified labels. The other format is the **label!**=*key* or **label!**=*key*=*value*, which removes containers 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 provide an interactive prompt for container removal.  
The default is **false**.

**-h**, **--help**

Print usage statement.  
The default is **false**.

# [EXAMPLES](#EXAMPLES)

Remove all stopped containers from local storage:

```
$ podman container prune
WARNING! This will remove all stopped containers.
Are you sure you want to continue? [y/N] y
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```

Remove all stopped containers from local storage without confirmation:

```
$ podman container prune -f
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37664467fbe3618bf9479c34393ac29c02696675addf1750f9e346581636cde7
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```

Remove all stopped containers from local storage created before the last 10 minutes:

```
$ podman container prune --filter until="10m"
WARNING! This will remove all stopped containers.
Are you sure you want to continue? [y/N] y
3d366295e33d8cc612c4d873199bacadd55088d90d17dcafaa9a2d317ad50b4e
```

# [SEE ALSO](#SEE_ALSO)

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

# [HISTORY](#HISTORY)

December 2018, Originally compiled by Brent Baude bbaude@redhat.com ⟨mailto:bbaude@redhat.com⟩  
December 2020, converted filter information from docs.docker.com documentation by Dan Walsh dwalsh@redhat.com ⟨mailto:dwalsh@redhat.com⟩

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Document: podman-container-prune(1) from podman-doc-5.8 5.8.9-r2 (Chainguard OS)
Source: https://github.com/containers/podman