.nh .SH containers-storage-delete-image 1 "August 2016" .SH NAME .PP containers-storage delete-image - Delete an image .SH SYNOPSIS .PP \fBcontainers-storage\fP \fBdelete-image\fP \fIimageNameOrID\fP .SH DESCRIPTION .PP Deletes an image if it is not currently being used by any containers. If the image's top layer is not being used by any other images, it will be removed. If that image's parent is then not being used by other images, it, too, will be removed, and this will be repeated for each parent's parent. .SH EXAMPLE .PP \fBcontainers-storage delete-image my-base-image\fP .SH SEE ALSO .PP containers-storage-create-image(1) containers-storage-delete-container(1) containers-storage-delete-layer(1)