NAME gcloud beta container images delete - delete existing images SYNOPSIS gcloud beta container images delete IMAGE_NAME [IMAGE_NAME ...] [--force-delete-tags] [GCLOUD_WIDE_FLAG ...] DESCRIPTION (BETA) The container images delete command deletes the specified image from the registry. All associated tags are also deleted. EXAMPLES Deletes the image as long as there aren't additional, unspecified tags referencing it: $ gcloud beta container images delete Deletes the image (and tags) from the input IMAGE_NAME: $ gcloud beta container images delete \ --force-delete-tags Deletes the image (and tags) from the input IMAGE_NAME, without additional prompting: $ gcloud beta container images delete \ --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 beta container images delete \ [HOSTNAME]/[PROJECT-ID]/[IMAGE]@DIGEST --quiet POSITIONAL ARGUMENTS 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. FLAGS --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. GCLOUD WIDE FLAGS 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. NOTES This command is currently in beta and might change without notice. These variants are also available: $ gcloud container images delete $ gcloud alpha container images delete