podman-logout(1) General Commands Manual podman-logout(1)

# [NAME](#NAME)

podman-logout - Log out of a container registry

# [SYNOPSIS](#SYNOPSIS)

**podman logout** \[*options*] *registry*

# [DESCRIPTION](#DESCRIPTION)

**podman logout** logs out of a specified registry server by deleting the cached credentials stored in the **auth.json** file. If the registry is not specified, the first registry under \[registries.search] from registries.conf is used. The path of the authentication file can be overridden by the user by setting the **authfile** flag. The default path used is **${XDG\_RUNTIME\_DIR}/containers/auth.json**. For more details about format and configurations of the auth,json file, see [containers-auth.json(5)](/man/os/podman-doc-6.0/containers-auth.json.5) All the cached credentials can be removed by setting the **all** flag.

**podman \[GLOBAL OPTIONS]**

**podman logout \[GLOBAL OPTIONS]**

**podman logout \[OPTIONS] REGISTRY \[GLOBAL OPTIONS]**

# [OPTIONS](#OPTIONS)

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

Remove the cached credentials for all registries in the auth file

## **--authfile**=*path*

Path of the authentication file. Default is **${XDG\_RUNTIME\_DIR}/containers/auth.json** on Linux, and **$HOME/.config/containers/auth.json** on Windows/macOS. The file is created by **podman login**. If the authorization state is not found there, **$HOME/.docker/config.json** is checked, which is set using **docker login**.

Note: There is also the option to override the default path of the authentication file by setting the **REGISTRY\_AUTH\_FILE** environment variable. This can be done with **export REGISTRY\_AUTH\_FILE=path.**

## **--compat-auth-file**=*path*

Instead of updating the default credentials file, update the one at *path*, and use a Docker-compatible format.

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

Print usage statement

# [EXAMPLES](#EXAMPLES)

Remove login credentials for the docker.io registry from the authentication file:

```
$ podman logout docker.io
```

Remove login credentials for the docker.io registry from the authdir/myauths.json file:

```
$ podman logout --authfile authdir/myauths.json docker.io
```

Remove login credentials for all registries:

```
$ podman logout --all
```

# [SEE ALSO](#SEE_ALSO)

[**podman(1)**](/man/os/podman-doc-6.0/podman.1), [**podman-login(1)**](/man/os/podman-doc-6.0/podman-login.1), [**containers-auth.json(5)**](/man/os/podman-doc-6.0/containers-auth.json.5)

# [HISTORY](#HISTORY)

August 2017, Originally compiled by Urvashi Mohnani umohnani@redhat.com ⟨mailto:umohnani@redhat.com⟩

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