NAME

podman-machine-rm - Remove a virtual machine

SYNOPSIS

podman machine rm [options] [name]

DESCRIPTION

Remove a virtual machine and its related files. What is actually deleted depends on the virtual machine type. For all virtual machines, the generated podman system connections are deleted. The ignition files generated for that VM are also removed as is its image file on the filesystem.

Users get a display of what is deleted and are required to confirm unless the option --force is used.

The default machine name is podman-machine-default. If a machine name is not specified as an argument, then podman-machine-default will be removed.

Rootless only.

OPTIONS

--force, -f

Stop and delete without confirmation.

--help

Print usage statement.

--save-ignition

Do not delete the generated ignition file.

--save-image

Do not delete the VM image.

EXAMPLES

Remove the specified Podman machine.

$ podman machine rm test1
The following files will be deleted:
/home/user/.config/containers/podman/machine/qemu/test1.ign
/home/user/.local/share/containers/podman/machine/qemu/test1_fedora-coreos-33.20210315.1.0-qemu.x86_64.qcow2
/home/user/.config/containers/podman/machine/qemu/test1.json
Are you sure you want to continue? [y/N] y

Remove the specified Podman machine even if it is running.

$ podman machine rm -f test1
$

HISTORY

March 2021, Originally compiled by Ashley Cui acui@redhat.com ⟨mailto:acui@redhat.com⟩