---
title: "Changes to Remove an image"
method: DELETE
path: "/images/{name}"
---

# Changes to Remove an image

`DELETE /images/{name}`

> Every recorded change to this operation, newest first.

## Timeline

Changed in 3 of 79 revisions.

- **2026-02-24** `6df97b60796c`: 1 breaking, 4 info
- **2026-02-14** `31f80d10d31a`: 2 breaking, 4 info
- **2026-02-09** `831637d06c77`: 4 info

## Changes

- **2026-02-24** `6df97b60796c`: 1 breaking, 4 info
  - removed the media type `application/json` for the response with the status `200`
  - api tag `Image` added
  - added the non-success response with the status `404`
  - added the non-success response with the status `409`
  - added the non-success response with the status `500`
- **2026-02-14** `31f80d10d31a`: 2 breaking, 4 info
  - for the `query` request parameter `force`, default value `false` was removed
  - for the `query` request parameter `noprune`, default value `false` was removed
  - api tag `Image` removed
  - removed the non-success response with the status `404`
  - removed the non-success response with the status `409`
  - removed the non-success response with the status `500`
- **2026-02-09** `831637d06c77`: 4 info
  - added the media type `application/json` for the response with the status `200`
  - added the media type `application/json` for the response with the status `404`
  - added the media type `application/json` for the response with the status `409`
  - added the media type `application/json` for the response with the status `500`

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[Operation](https://skmtc.dev/hexlet/apis/docker-engine-api/docs/images/:name/delete.md) - [API](https://skmtc.dev/hexlet/apis/docker-engine-api.md) - [Page](https://skmtc.dev/hexlet/apis/docker-engine-api/changes/images/:name/delete)