github.com/brahmaroutu/docker@v1.2.1-0.20160809185609-eb28dde01f16/docs/reference/commandline/rmi.md (about)

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    10  
    11  # rmi
    12  
    13  ```markdown
    14  Usage:  docker rmi [OPTIONS] IMAGE [IMAGE...]
    15  
    16  Remove one or more images
    17  
    18  Options:
    19    -f, --force      Force removal of the image
    20        --help       Print usage
    21        --no-prune   Do not delete untagged parents
    22  ```
    23  
    24  You can remove an image using its short or long ID, its tag, or its digest. If
    25  an image has one or more tag referencing it, you must remove all of them before
    26  the image is removed. Digest references are removed automatically when an image
    27  is removed by tag.
    28  
    29      $ docker images
    30      REPOSITORY                TAG                 IMAGE ID            CREATED             SIZE
    31      test1                     latest              fd484f19954f        23 seconds ago      7 B (virtual 4.964 MB)
    32      test                      latest              fd484f19954f        23 seconds ago      7 B (virtual 4.964 MB)
    33      test2                     latest              fd484f19954f        23 seconds ago      7 B (virtual 4.964 MB)
    34  
    35      $ docker rmi fd484f19954f
    36      Error: Conflict, cannot delete image fd484f19954f because it is tagged in multiple repositories, use -f to force
    37      2013/12/11 05:47:16 Error: failed to remove one or more images
    38  
    39      $ docker rmi test1
    40      Untagged: test1:latest
    41      $ docker rmi test2
    42      Untagged: test2:latest
    43  
    44      $ docker images
    45      REPOSITORY                TAG                 IMAGE ID            CREATED             SIZE
    46      test                      latest              fd484f19954f        23 seconds ago      7 B (virtual 4.964 MB)
    47      $ docker rmi test
    48      Untagged: test:latest
    49      Deleted: fd484f19954f4920da7ff372b5067f5b7ddb2fd3830cecd17b96ea9e286ba5b8
    50  
    51  If you use the `-f` flag and specify the image's short or long ID, then this
    52  command untags and removes all images that match the specified ID.
    53  
    54      $ docker images
    55      REPOSITORY                TAG                 IMAGE ID            CREATED             SIZE
    56      test1                     latest              fd484f19954f        23 seconds ago      7 B (virtual 4.964 MB)
    57      test                      latest              fd484f19954f        23 seconds ago      7 B (virtual 4.964 MB)
    58      test2                     latest              fd484f19954f        23 seconds ago      7 B (virtual 4.964 MB)
    59  
    60      $ docker rmi -f fd484f19954f
    61      Untagged: test1:latest
    62      Untagged: test:latest
    63      Untagged: test2:latest
    64      Deleted: fd484f19954f4920da7ff372b5067f5b7ddb2fd3830cecd17b96ea9e286ba5b8
    65  
    66  An image pulled by digest has no tag associated with it:
    67  
    68      $ docker images --digests
    69      REPOSITORY                     TAG       DIGEST                                                                    IMAGE ID        CREATED         SIZE
    70      localhost:5000/test/busybox    <none>    sha256:cbbf2f9a99b47fc460d422812b6a5adff7dfee951d8fa2e4a98caa0382cfbdbf   4986bf8c1536    9 weeks ago     2.43 MB
    71  
    72  To remove an image using its digest:
    73  
    74      $ docker rmi localhost:5000/test/busybox@sha256:cbbf2f9a99b47fc460d422812b6a5adff7dfee951d8fa2e4a98caa0382cfbdbf
    75      Untagged: localhost:5000/test/busybox@sha256:cbbf2f9a99b47fc460d422812b6a5adff7dfee951d8fa2e4a98caa0382cfbdbf
    76      Deleted: 4986bf8c15363d1c5d15512d5266f8777bfba4974ac56e3270e7760f6f0a8125
    77      Deleted: ea13149945cb6b1e746bf28032f02e9b5a793523481a0a18645fc77ad53c4ea2
    78      Deleted: df7546f9f060a2268024c8a230d8639878585defcc1bc6f79d2728a13957871b