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# rmi
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Remove one or more images
### Aliases
`docker image rm`, `docker image remove`, `docker rmi`
### Options
| Name | Type | Default | Description |
|:--------------------------|:--------------|:--------|:-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| `-f`, `--force` | `bool` | | Force removal of the image |
| `--no-prune` | `bool` | | Do not delete untagged parents |
| [`--platform`](#platform) | `stringSlice` | | Remove only the given platform variant. Formatted as `os[/arch[/variant]]` (e.g., `linux/amd64`) |
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## Description
Removes (and un-tags) one or more images from the host node. If an image has
multiple tags, using this command with the tag as a parameter only removes the
tag. If the tag is the only one for the image, both the image and the tag are
removed.
This does not remove images from a registry. You cannot remove an image of a
running container unless you use the `-f` option. To see all images on a host
use the [`docker image ls`](image_ls.md) command.
## Examples
You can remove an image using its short or long ID, its tag, or its digest. If
an image has one or more tags referencing it, you must remove all of them before
the image is removed. Digest references are removed automatically when an image
is removed by tag.
```console
$ docker images
REPOSITORY TAG IMAGE ID CREATED SIZE
test1 latest fd484f19954f 23 seconds ago 7 B (virtual 4.964 MB)
test latest fd484f19954f 23 seconds ago 7 B (virtual 4.964 MB)
test2 latest fd484f19954f 23 seconds ago 7 B (virtual 4.964 MB)
$ docker rmi fd484f19954f
Error: Conflict, cannot delete image fd484f19954f because it is tagged in multiple repositories, use -f to force
2013/12/11 05:47:16 Error: failed to remove one or more images
$ docker rmi test1:latest
Untagged: test1:latest
$ docker rmi test2:latest
Untagged: test2:latest
$ docker images
REPOSITORY TAG IMAGE ID CREATED SIZE
test latest fd484f19954f 23 seconds ago 7 B (virtual 4.964 MB)
$ docker rmi test:latest
Untagged: test:latest
Deleted: fd484f19954f4920da7ff372b5067f5b7ddb2fd3830cecd17b96ea9e286ba5b8
```
If you use the `-f` flag and specify the image's short or long ID, then this
command untags and removes all images that match the specified ID.
```console
$ docker images
REPOSITORY TAG IMAGE ID CREATED SIZE
test1 latest fd484f19954f 23 seconds ago 7 B (virtual 4.964 MB)
test latest fd484f19954f 23 seconds ago 7 B (virtual 4.964 MB)
test2 latest fd484f19954f 23 seconds ago 7 B (virtual 4.964 MB)
$ docker rmi -f fd484f19954f
Untagged: test1:latest
Untagged: test:latest
Untagged: test2:latest
Deleted: fd484f19954f4920da7ff372b5067f5b7ddb2fd3830cecd17b96ea9e286ba5b8
```
An image pulled by digest has no tag associated with it:
```console
$ docker images --digests
REPOSITORY TAG DIGEST IMAGE ID CREATED SIZE
localhost:5000/test/busybox <none> sha256:cbbf2f9a99b47fc460d422812b6a5adff7dfee951d8fa2e4a98caa0382cfbdbf 4986bf8c1536 9 weeks ago 2.43 MB
```
To remove an image using its digest:
```console
$ docker rmi localhost:5000/test/busybox@sha256:cbbf2f9a99b47fc460d422812b6a5adff7dfee951d8fa2e4a98caa0382cfbdbf
Untagged: localhost:5000/test/busybox@sha256:cbbf2f9a99b47fc460d422812b6a5adff7dfee951d8fa2e4a98caa0382cfbdbf
Deleted: 4986bf8c15363d1c5d15512d5266f8777bfba4974ac56e3270e7760f6f0a8125
Deleted: ea13149945cb6b1e746bf28032f02e9b5a793523481a0a18645fc77ad53c4ea2
Deleted: df7546f9f060a2268024c8a230d8639878585defcc1bc6f79d2728a13957871b
```
### <a name="platform"></a> Remove specific platforms (`--platform`)
The `--platform` option allows you to specify which platform variants of the
image to remove. By default, `docker image remove` removes all platform variants
that are present. Use the `--platform` option to specify which platform variant
of the image to remove.
Removing a specific platform removes the image from all images that reference
the same content, and requires the `--force` option to be used. Omitting the
`--force` option produces a warning, and the remove is canceled:
```console
$ docker image rm --platform=linux/amd64 alpine
Error response from daemon: Content will be removed from all images referencing this variant. Use —-force to force delete.
```
The platform option takes the `os[/arch[/variant]]` format; for example,
`linux/amd64` or `linux/arm64/v8`. Architecture and variant are optional,
and default to the daemon's native architecture if omitted.
You can pass multiple platforms either by passing the `--platform` flag
multiple times, or by passing a comma-separated list of platforms to remove.
The following uses of this option are equivalent;
```console
$ docker image rm --plaform linux/amd64 --platform linux/ppc64le myimage
$ docker image rm --plaform linux/amd64,linux/ppc64le myimage
```
The following example removes the `linux/amd64` and `linux/ppc64le` variants
of an `alpine` image that contains multiple platform variants in the image
cache:
```console
$ docker image ls --tree
IMAGE ID DISK USAGE CONTENT SIZE EXTRA
alpine:latest a8560b36e8b8 37.8MB 11.2MB U
├─ linux/amd64 1c4eef651f65 12.1MB 3.64MB U
├─ linux/arm/v6 903bfe2ae994 0B 0B
├─ linux/arm/v7 9c2d245b3c01 0B 0B
├─ linux/arm64/v8 757d680068d7 12.8MB 3.99MB
├─ linux/386 2436f2b3b7d2 0B 0B
├─ linux/ppc64le 9ed53fd3b831 12.8MB 3.58MB
├─ linux/riscv64 1de5eb4a9a67 0B 0B
└─ linux/s390x fe0dcdd1f783 0B 0B
$ docker image --platform=linux/amd64,linux/ppc64le --force alpine
Deleted: sha256:1c4eef651f65e2f7daee7ee785882ac164b02b78fb74503052a26dc061c90474
Deleted: sha256:9ed53fd3b83120f78b33685d930ce9bf5aa481f6e2d165c42cbbddbeaa196f6f
```
After the command completes, the given variants of the `alpine` image are removed
from the image cache:
```console
$ docker image ls --tree
IMAGE ID DISK USAGE CONTENT SIZE EXTRA
alpine:latest a8560b36e8b8 12.8MB 3.99MB
├─ linux/amd64 1c4eef651f65 0B 0B
├─ linux/arm/v6 903bfe2ae994 0B 0B
├─ linux/arm/v7 9c2d245b3c01 0B 0B
├─ linux/arm64/v8 757d680068d7 12.8MB 3.99MB
├─ linux/386 2436f2b3b7d2 0B 0B
├─ linux/ppc64le 9ed53fd3b831 0B 0B
├─ linux/riscv64 1de5eb4a9a67 0B 0B
└─ linux/s390x fe0dcdd1f783 0B 0B
```
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