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

# [NAME](#NAME)

podman-container-cleanup - Clean up the container's network and mountpoints

# [SYNOPSIS](#SYNOPSIS)

**podman container cleanup** \[*options*] *container* \[*container* ...]

# [DESCRIPTION](#DESCRIPTION)

**podman container cleanup** cleans up exited *containers* by removing all mountpoints and network configurations from the host. The *container name* or *ID* can be used. The cleanup command does not remove the *containers*. Running *containers* are not cleaned up.  
Sometimes container mount points and network stacks can remain if the podman command was killed or the *container* ran in daemon mode. This command is automatically executed when *containers* are run in daemon mode by the **conmon process** when the *container* exits.

# [OPTIONS](#OPTIONS)

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

Clean up all *containers*.  
The default is **false**.  
*IMPORTANT: This OPTION does not need a container name or ID as input argument.*

## **--exec**=*session*

Clean up an exec session for a single *container*. It can only be specified if a single *container* is being cleaned up (conflicts with **--all** as such). If **--rm** is not specified, temporary files for the exec session are cleaned up; if it is, the exec session is removed from the *container*.  
\*IMPORTANT: Conflicts with **--rmi** as the container is not being cleaned up so the image cannot be removed.*

## **--latest**, **-l**

Instead of providing the *container ID* or *name*, use the last created *container*. The default is **false**. *IMPORTANT: This OPTION is not available with the remote Podman client, including Mac and Windows (excluding WSL2) machines. This OPTION does not need a container name or ID as input argument.*

## **--rm**

After cleanup, remove the *container* entirely.  
The default is **false**.

## **--rmi**

After cleanup, remove the image entirely.  
The default is **false**.

# [EXAMPLES](#EXAMPLES)

Clean up the container "mywebserver".

```
$ podman container cleanup mywebserver
```

Clean up the containers with the names "mywebserver", "myflaskserver", "860a4b23".

```
$ podman container cleanup mywebserver myflaskserver 860a4b23
```

# [SEE ALSO](#SEE_ALSO)

[**podman(1)**](/man/os/podman-doc-6.0/podman.1), [**podman-container(1)**](/man/os/podman-doc-6.0/podman-container.1), [**conmon(8)**](/man/os/podman-doc-6.0/conmon.8)

# [HISTORY](#HISTORY)

Jun 2018, Originally compiled by Dan Walsh dwalsh@redhat.com ⟨mailto:dwalsh@redhat.com⟩

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Document: podman-container-cleanup(1) from podman-doc-6.0 6.0.2-r2 (Chainguard OS)
Source: https://github.com/containers/podman