apptainer-cache - Man Page

• List all cached container images: apptainer cache list
• List cached container images with detailed information: apptainer cache list [-v|--verbose]
• List only a specific cache type: apptainer cache list [-T|--type] library|oci|shub|blob|...
• Clean the entire cache: apptainer cache clean
• Clean only a specific cache type: apptainer cache clean [-T|--type] library|oci|shub|blob|...
• Clean cache entries older than a specific number of days: apptainer cache clean [-D|--days] days
• Preview what would be cleaned without removing anything: apptainer cache clean [-n|--dry-run]
• Force clean without confirmation: apptainer cache clean [-f|--force]

tldr.sh

apptainer cache

Manage your local Apptainer cache. You can list/clean using the specific
 types.

-h, --help[=false] help for cache

  All group commands have their own help output:

  $ apptainer cache
  $ apptainer cache --help

apptainer(1), apptainer-cache-clean(1), apptainer-cache-list(1)

2-Feb-2026 Auto generated by spf13/cobra

apptainer(1), apptainer-cache-clean(1), apptainer-cache-list(1).