runc-delete(8)

runc-delete8

Delete any resources held by the container

Usage

runc delete [{--force | -f}] container-id

Options

--force|-f

Forcibly delete the running container, using SIGKILL signal(7) to stop it first.

Examples

If the container id is ubuntu01 and runc list currently shows its status as stopped, the following will delete resources held for ubuntu01, removing it from the runc list:

# runc delete ubuntu01

Releases

6 releases since Debian 9 (Stretch); the text changed 5 times.

  1. 9
  2. 10
  3. 11
  4. 12
  5. 13
  6. Arch

From runc 1.5.2-1 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.