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NAME

distrobox rm

DESCRIPTION

distrobox rm deletes one of the available distroboxes.

SYNOPSIS

distrobox rm

--all/-a:		delete all distroboxes
--force/-f:		force deletion
--yes/-Y:		non-interactive, skip the deletion confirmation prompt
--rm-home:		remove the mounted home if it differs from the host user's one
--root/-r:		launch podman/docker/lilipod 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

EXAMPLES

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

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

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

ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES

DBX_CONTAINER_MANAGER
DBX_CONTAINER_NAME
DBX_NON_INTERACTIVE
DBX_SUDO_PROGRAM