apptainer(1)

NAME
apptainer-cache-clean - Clean your local Apptainer cache

SYNOPSIS
apptainer cache clean [clean options...]

DESCRIPTION
This will clean your local cache (stored at $HOME/.apptainer/cache if
  APPTAINER_CACHEDIR is not set). By default the entire cache is cleaned, use
  --days and --type flags to override this behavior. Note: if you use Apptainer
  as root, cache will be stored in '/root/.apptainer/.cache', to clean that
  cache, you will need to run 'cache clean' as root, or with 'sudo'.

OPTIONS
-D, --days=0
    remove all cache entries older than specified number of days

-n, --dry-run[=false]
    operate in dry run mode and do not actually clean the cache

-f, --force[=false]
    suppress any prompts and clean the cache

-h, --help[=false]
    help for clean

-T, --type=[all]
    a list of cache types to clean (possible values: library, oci, shub, blob, net, oras, all)

EXAMPLE
      All group commands have their own help output:
      $ apptainer help cache clean --days 30
      $ apptainer help cache clean --type=library,oci
      $ apptainer cache clean --help

SEE ALSO
apptainer-cache(1)

HISTORY
7-May-2026 Auto generated by spf13/cobra