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

# [NAME](#NAME)

podman-pod-prune - Remove all stopped pods and their containers

# [SYNOPSIS](#SYNOPSIS)

**podman pod prune** \[*options*]

# [DESCRIPTION](#DESCRIPTION)

**podman pod prune** removes all stopped pods and their containers from local storage.

# [OPTIONS](#OPTIONS)

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

Force removal of all running pods and their containers. The default is false.

# [EXAMPLES](#EXAMPLES)

Remove all stopped pods and their containers from local storage.

```
$ sudo podman pod prune
WARNING! This will remove all stopped/exited pods..
Are you sure you want to continue? [y/N] y
22b8813332948064b6566370088c5e0230eeaf15a58b1c5646859fd9fc364fe7
2afb26869fe5beab979c234afb75c7506063cd4655b1a73557c9d583ff1aebe9
49161ad2a722cf18722f0e17199a9e840703a17d1158cdeda502b6d54080f674
5ca429f37fb83a9f54eea89e3a9102b7780a6e6ae5f132db0672da551d862c4a
6bb06573787efb8b0675bc88ebf8361f1a56d3ac7922d1a6436d8f59ffd955f1
```

Force removal of all running pods and their containers.

```
$ sudo podman pod prune --force
22b8813332948064b6566370088c5e0230eeaf15a58b1c5646859fd9fc364fe7
2afb26869fe5beab979c234afb75c7506063cd4655b1a73557c9d583ff1aebe9
49161ad2a722cf18722f0e17199a9e840703a17d1158cdeda502b6d54080f674
5ca429f37fb83a9f54eea89e3a9102b7780a6e6ae5f132db0672da551d862c4a
```

# [SEE ALSO](#SEE_ALSO)

[**podman(1)**](/man/enterprise-packages/podman-doc-6.0/podman.1), [**podman-pod(1)**](/man/enterprise-packages/podman-doc-6.0/podman-pod.1)

# [HISTORY](#HISTORY)

April 2019, Originally compiled by Peter Hunt (pehunt at redhat dot com)

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Document: podman-pod-prune(1) from podman-doc-6.0 6.0.2-r13 (Chainguard OS)
Source: https://github.com/containers/podman