apptainer-delete - Man Page

• Delete an image from the Container Library: apptainer delete library://user/collection/container:tag
• Delete an image for a specific architecture: apptainer delete [-A|--arch] amd64|arm64|ppc64le library://user/collection/container:tag
• Force delete an image without confirmation: apptainer delete [-F|--force] library://user/collection/container:tag
• Delete an image from a specific library server: apptainer delete --library https://library.example.com library://user/collection/container:tag
• Delete an image using HTTP instead of HTTPS: apptainer delete --no-https library://hostname/user/collection/container:tag
• Display help: apptainer delete [-h|--help]

tldr.sh

apptainer delete [delete options...]  [flags]

The 'delete' command allows you to delete an image from a remote library.

-A, --arch="amd64" specify requested image arch

-F, --force[=false] delete image without confirmation

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

--library="" delete images from the provided library

--no-https[=false] use http instead of https for docker:// oras:// and library:///... URIs

  $ apptainer delete --arch=amd64 library://username/project/image:1.0

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