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DISTROBOX-RM(1) User Manual DISTROBOX-RM(1)

distrobox rm
distrobox-rm
    

distrobox-rm delete one of the available distroboxes.

distrobox rm

--name/-n:      name for the distrobox
--force/-f:     force deletion
--rm-home:      remove the mounted home if it differs from the host user's one
--root/-r:      launch podman/docker with root privileges. Note that if you need root this is the preferred

way over "sudo distrobox" (note: if using a program other than 'sudo' for root privileges is necessary,
specify it through the DBX_SUDO_PROGRAM env variable, or 'distrobox_sudo_program' config variable) --help/-h: show this message --verbose/-v: show more verbosity --version/-V: show version

distrobox-rm --name container-name [--force]
distrobox-rm container-name [-f]
    

You can also use environment variables to specify container manager and name:

DBX_CONTAINER_MANAGER="docker" DBX_CONTAINER_NAME=test-alpine distrobox-rm
    

Supported environment variables:

DBX_CONTAINER_MANAGER
DBX_CONTAINER_NAME
DBX_NON_INTERACTIVE
DBX_SUDO_PROGRAM
    
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