gcloud alpha container images delete - delete existing images
gcloud alpha container images delete IMAGE_NAME [IMAGE_NAME ...] [--force-delete-tags] [GCLOUD_WIDE_FLAG ...]
(ALPHA) The container images delete command deletes the specified image from the registry. All associated tags are also deleted.
Deletes the image as long as there aren't additional, unspecified tags referencing it:
$ gcloud alpha container images delete <IMAGE_NAME>
Deletes the image (and tags) from the input IMAGE_NAME:
$ gcloud alpha container images delete <IMAGE_NAME> \ --force-delete-tags
Deletes the image (and tags) from the input IMAGE_NAME, without additional prompting:
$ gcloud alpha container images delete <IMAGE_NAME> \ --force-delete-tags --quiet
To easily identify and delete untagged images in a project, first filter digests that lack tags:
$ gcloud container images list-tags \ [HOSTNAME]/[PROJECT-ID]/[IMAGE] --filter='-tags:*' \ --format="get(digest)" --limit=$BIG_NUMBER
Then, delete these tagless images without prompting by running:
$ gcloud alpha container images delete \ [HOSTNAME]/[PROJECT-ID]/[IMAGE]@DIGEST --quiet
- IMAGE_NAME [IMAGE_NAME ...]
The fully qualified name(s) of image(s) to delete. The name(s) should be formatted as *.gcr.io/PROJECT_ID/IMAGE_PATH@sha256:DIGEST or *.gcr.io/PROJECT_ID/IMAGE_PATH:TAG.
- --force-delete-tags
If there are tags pointing to an image to be deleted then they must all be specified explicitly, or this flag must be specified, for the command to succeed.
These flags are available to all commands: --access-token-file, --account, --billing-project, --configuration, --flags-file, --flatten, --format, --help, --impersonate-service-account, --log-http, --project, --quiet, --trace-token, --user-output-enabled, --verbosity.
Run $ gcloud help for details.
This command is currently in alpha and might change without notice. If this command fails with API permission errors despite specifying the correct project, you might be trying to access an API with an invitation-only early access allowlist. These variants are also available:
$ gcloud container images delete
$ gcloud beta container images delete