podman-machine-reset(1)

💅 podman-machine-reset — bestie edition 💅

okay so this is the podman-machine-reset(1) page from the General Commands Manual, and no cap, it's the nuclear option of Podman machine management. sit down, hydrate, and let's talk 🫶

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✨ NAME ✨

podman-machine-reset — Reset Podman machines and environment 🔥

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

podman machine reset [options]

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

So here's the tea. This command resets your whole Podman machine environment. Like, all of it. It stops any running machines first, and then it removes them. After that, the configuration and data files get removed too. "Data files" is doing a LOT of heavy lifting here — that means machine disk images and any previously pulled cache images. 💀

The way that when you run this, all of your Podman machines will have been deleted. Every single one. Gone. Periodt.

⚠️ bestie this is not a vibe check, this is a deletion. Once it's done, it's done. 🥀

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💖 OPTIONS 💖

• --force, -f — Reset without confirmation. no "are you sure" little chat, it just goes. 💅
• --help — Print usage statement. the classic. 🎀

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🌈 EXAMPLES 🌈

okay so here's what it looks like when you do the polite version, with the confirmation and everything:

$ podman machine reset
Warning: this command will delete all existing podman machines
and all of the configuration and data directories for Podman machines

The following machine(s) will be deleted:

dev
podman-machine-default

Are you sure you want to continue? [y/N] y
$

see how it lists out every machine that's about to get deleted? that's your last chance to be like "wait no" 🙈 (and if you type anything other than a yes, it's a no).

And here's the force reset, no confirmation, straight to business:

$ podman machine reset --force
$

that's it. that's the whole output. she ate and left no crumbs. 🔥

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

podman(1), podman-machine(1)

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📜 HISTORY 📜

Feb 2024, Originally compiled by Brent Baudebbaude@redhat.com ⟨mailto:bbaude@redhat.com⟩

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and that's the whole page bestie!! 🌸 this was podman-machine-reset(1) from the General Commands Manual, compiled way back in Feb 2024. stay safe out there, back up your machines, and remember: --force is a lifestyle, not a personality. 💖✨🦋 mwah!!