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

# [NAME](#NAME)

podman-network-rm - Remove one or more networks

# [SYNOPSIS](#SYNOPSIS)

**podman network rm** \[*options*] \[*network...*]

# [DESCRIPTION](#DESCRIPTION)

Delete one or more Podman networks.

# [OPTIONS](#OPTIONS)

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

The **force** option removes all containers that use the named network. If the container is running, the container is stopped and removed.

## **--ignore**, **-i**

Ignore the error when a specified network does not exist. Other failures, including a network being in use, are still returned.

## **--time**, **-t**=*seconds*

Seconds to wait before forcibly stopping the running containers that are using the specified network. The --force option must be specified to use the --time option. Use -1 for infinite wait.

# [EXAMPLES](#EXAMPLES)

Delete specified network:

```
# podman network rm podman9
podman9
```

Delete specified network and all containers associated with the network:

```
# podman network rm -f fred
fred
```

Delete specified network and all containers associated with the network after waiting up to 15 seconds:

```
# podman network rm --force --time 15 fred
fred
```

# [Exit Status](#Exit_Status)

**0** All specified networks removed

**1** One of the specified networks did not exist, and no other failures

**2** The network is in use by a container or a Pod

**125** The command fails for any other reason

# [SEE ALSO](#SEE_ALSO)

[**podman(1)**](/man/enterprise-packages/podman-doc-6.1/podman.1), [**podman-network(1)**](/man/enterprise-packages/podman-doc-6.1/podman-network.1)

# [HISTORY](#HISTORY)

August 2019, Originally compiled by Brent Baude bbaude@redhat.com ⟨mailto:bbaude@redhat.com⟩

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Document: podman-network-rm(1) from podman-doc-6.1 6.1.4-r8 (Chainguard OS)
Source: https://github.com/containers/podman