% podman-container-cleanup 1 ## NAME podman\-container\-cleanup - Clean up the container's network and mountpoints ## SYNOPSIS **podman container cleanup** [*options*] *container* [*container* ...] ## DESCRIPTION **podman container cleanup** cleans up exited *containers* by removing all mountpoints and network configurations from the host. The *container name* or *ID* can be used. The cleanup command does not remove the *containers*. Running *containers* are not cleaned up.\ Sometimes container mount points and network stacks can remain if the podman command was killed or the *container* ran in daemon mode. This command is automatically executed when *containers* are run in daemon mode by the `conmon process` when the *container* exits. ## OPTIONS #### **--all**, **-a** Clean up all *containers*.\ The default is **false**.\ *IMPORTANT: This OPTION does not need a container name or ID as input argument.* #### **--exec**=*session* Clean up an exec session for a single *container*. It can only be specified if a single *container* is being cleaned up (conflicts with **--all** as such). If **--rm** is not specified, temporary files for the exec session are cleaned up; if it is, the exec session is removed from the *container*.\ *IMPORTANT: Conflicts with **--rmi** as the container is not being cleaned up so the image cannot be removed.* #### **--latest**, **-l** Instead of providing the *container ID* or *name*, use the last created *container*. The default is **false**. *IMPORTANT: This OPTION is not available with the remote Podman client, including Mac and Windows (excluding WSL2) machines. This OPTION does not need a container name or ID as input argument.* #### **--rm** After cleanup, remove the *container* entirely.\ The default is **false**. #### **--rmi** After cleanup, remove the image entirely.\ The default is **false**. ## EXAMPLES Clean up the container "mywebserver". ``` $ podman container cleanup mywebserver ``` Clean up the containers with the names "mywebserver", "myflaskserver", "860a4b23". ``` $ podman container cleanup mywebserver myflaskserver 860a4b23 ``` ## SEE ALSO **[podman(1)](podman.1.md)**, **[podman-container(1)](podman-container.1.md)**, **[conmon(8)](https://github.com/containers/conmon/blob/main/docs/conmon.8.md)** ## HISTORY Jun 2018, Originally compiled by Dan Walsh