% podman-pod-rm 1

## NAME
podman\-pod\-rm - Remove one or more stopped pods and containers

## SYNOPSIS
**podman pod rm** [*options*] *pod*

## DESCRIPTION
**podman pod rm** removes one or more stopped pods and their containers from the host.  The pod name or ID can be used. The \-f option stops all containers and then removes them before removing the pod. If all containers added by the user are in an exited state, the pod is removed.

## OPTIONS

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

Remove all pods.  Can be used in conjunction with \-f as well.

#### **--force**, **-f**

Stop running containers and delete all stopped containers before removal of pod.

@@option ignore

@@option latest

@@option pod-id-file.pod
If specified, the pod-id-file is removed along with the pod.

@@option time

The --force option must be specified to use the --time option.

## EXAMPLE

Remove pod with a given name:
```
podman pod rm mywebserverpod
```

Remove multiple pods with given names and/or IDs:
```
podman pod rm mywebserverpod myflaskserverpod 860a4b23
```

Forcefully remove pod with a given ID:
```
podman pod rm -f 860a4b23
```

Forcefully remove all pods:
```
podman pod rm -f -a
podman pod rm -fa
```

Remove pod using ID specified in a given file:
```
podman pod rm --pod-id-file /path/to/id/file
```

## Exit Status
  **0**   All specified pods removed

  **1**   One of the specified pods did not exist, and no other failures

  **2**   One of the specified pods is attached to a container

  **125** The command fails for any other reason

## SEE ALSO
**[podman(1)](podman.1.md)**, **[podman-pod(1)](podman-pod.1.md)**

## HISTORY
July 2018, Originally compiled by Peter Hunt <pehunt@redhat.com>