distrobox-rm - Man Page
distrobox rm distrobox-rm
Examples (TL;DR)
- Remove a Distrobox container (Tip: Stop the container before removing it):
distrobox-rm container_name
- Remove a Distrobox container forcefully:
distrobox-rm container_name --force
Description
distrobox-rm delete one of the available distroboxes.
Synopsis
distrobox rm
--all/-a: delete all distroboxes --force/-f: force deletion --rm-home: remove the mounted home if it differs from the host user's one --root/-r: launch podman/docker/lilipod with root privileges. Note that if you need root this is the preferred way over "sudo distrobox" (note: if using a program other than 'sudo' for root privileges is necessary, specify it through the DBX_SUDO_PROGRAM env variable, or 'distrobox_sudo_program' config variable) --help/-h: show this message --verbose/-v: show more verbosity --version/-V: show version
Examples
distrobox-rm container-name [--force] [--all]
You can also use environment variables to specify container manager and name:
DBX_CONTAINER_MANAGER="docker" DBX_CONTAINER_NAME=test-alpine distrobox-rm
Environment Variables
DBX_CONTAINER_MANAGER DBX_CONTAINER_NAME DBX_NON_INTERACTIVE DBX_SUDO_PROGRAM
Info
May 2024 Distrobox User Manual