docker-history(1)

docker-history1

Show the history of an image

Usage

docker history [OPTIONS] IMAGE

Overview

Alias for docker image history.

Options

--format=""
Format output using a custom template: 'table': Print output in table format with column headers (default) 'table TEMPLATE': Print output in table format using the given Go template 'json': Print in JSON format 'TEMPLATE': Print output using the given Go template. Refer to https://docs.docker.com/go/formatting/ for more information about formatting output with templates

-H, --human[=true]
Print sizes and dates in human readable format

--no-trunc[=false]
Don't truncate output

--platform=""
Show history for the given platform. Formatted as "os[/arch[/variant]]" (e.g., "linux/amd64")

-q, --quiet[=false]
Only show image IDs

Releases

5 releases since Debian 10 (Buster); the text changed 4 times.

  1. 10
  2. 11
  3. 12
  4. 13
  5. Arch

From docker 1:29.9.2-1 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Also shipped by podman-docker. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.