NAME

       podman-machine-rm - Remove a virtual machine

SYNOPSIS

       podman machine rm [options] [name]

DESCRIPTION

       Remove  a virtual machine and its related files.  What is actually deleted depends on the virtual machine
       type.  For all virtual machines, the generated SSH keys and the podman  system  connection  are  deleted.
       The ignition files generated for that VM are also removed as is its image file on the filesystem.

       Users get a display of what is deleted and are required to confirm unless the option --force is used.

       The  default  machine  name is podman-machine-default. If a machine name is not specified as an argument,
       then podman-machine-default will be removed.

       Rootless only.

OPTIONS

   --force, -f
       Stop and delete without confirmation.

   --help
       Print usage statement.

   --save-ignition
       Do not delete the generated ignition file.

   --save-image
       Do not delete the VM image.

   --save-keys
       Do not delete the SSH keys for the VM.  The system connection is always deleted.

EXAMPLES

       Remove a VM named "test1":

       $ podman machine rm test1

       The following files will be deleted:

       /home/user/.ssh/test1
       /home/user/.ssh/test1.pub
       /home/user/.config/containers/podman/machine/qemu/test1.ign
       /home/user/.local/share/containers/podman/machine/qemu/test1_fedora-coreos-33.20210315.1.0-qemu.x86_64.qcow2
       /home/user/.config/containers/podman/machine/qemu/test1.json

       Are you sure you want to continue? [y/N] y

       $ podman machine rm -f test1
       $

SEE ALSO

       podman(1), podman-machine(1)

HISTORY

       March 2021, Originally compiled by Ashley Cui acui@redhat.com ⟨mailto:acui@redhat.com⟩

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