The default docker images will show all top level images, their repository and tags, and their size.
Docker images have intermediate layers that increase reusability, decrease disk usage, and speed up docker build by allowing each step to be cached. These intermediate layers are not shown by default.
The SIZE is the cumulative space taken up by the image and all its parent images. This is also the disk space used by the contents of the Tar file created when you docker save an image.
An image will be listed more than once if it has multiple repository names or tags. This single image (identifiable by its matching IMAGE ID) uses up the SIZE listed only once.
For example uses of this command, refer to the examples section below. Options Name, shorthand Default Description --all , -a Show all images (default hides intermediate images) --digests Show digests --filter , -f Filter output based on conditions provided --format Pretty-print images using a Go template --no-trunc Don't truncate output --quiet , -q Only show image IDs
Examples List the most recently created images
$ docker images
REPOSITORY TAG IMAGE ID CREATED SIZE 77af4d6b9913 19 hours ago 1.089 GB committ latest b6fa739cedf5 19 hours ago 1.089 GB 78a85c484f71 19 hours ago 1.089 GB docker latest 30557a29d5ab 20 hours ago 1.089 GB 5ed6274db6ce 24 hours ago 1.089 GB postgres 9 746b819f315e 4 days ago 213.4 MB postgres 9.3 746b819f315e 4 days ago 213.4 MB postgres 9.3.5 746b819f315e 4 days ago 213.4 MB postgres latest 746b819f315e 4 days ago 213.4 MB
List images by name and tag
The docker images command takes an optional [REPOSITORY[:TAG]] argument that restricts the list to images that match the argument. If you specify REPOSITORYbut no TAG, the docker images command lists all images in the given repository.
For example, to list all images in the “java” repository, run this command :
$ docker images java
REPOSITORY TAG IMAGE ID CREATED SIZE java 8 308e519aac60 6 days ago 824.5 MB java 7 493d82594c15 3 months ago 656.3 MB java latest 2711b1d6f3aa 5 months ago 603.9 MB
The [REPOSITORY[:TAG]] value must be an “exact match”. This means that, for example, docker images jav does not match the image java.
If both REPOSITORY and TAG are provided, only images matching that repository and tag are listed. To find all local images in the “java” repository with tag “8” you can use:
$ docker images java:8
REPOSITORY TAG IMAGE ID CREATED SIZE java 8 308e519aac60 6 days ago 824.5 MB
If nothing matches REPOSITORY[:TAG], the list is empty.
$ docker images java:0
REPOSITORY TAG IMAGE ID CREATED SIZE
List the full length image IDs
$ docker images --no-trunc
REPOSITORY TAG IMAGE ID CREATED SIZE sha256:77af4d6b9913e693e8d0b4b294fa62ade6054e6b2f1ffb617ac955dd63fb0182 19 hours ago 1.089 GB committest latest sha256:b6fa739cedf5ea12a620a439402b6004d057da800f91c7524b5086a5e4749c9f 19 hours ago 1.089 GB sha256:78a85c484f71509adeaace20e72e941f6bdd2b25b4c75da8693efd9f61a37921 19 hours ago 1.089 GB docker latest sha256:30557a29d5abc51e5f1d5b472e79b7e296f595abcf19fe6b9199dbbc809c6ff4 20 hours ago 1.089 GB sha256:0124422dd9f9cf7ef15c0617cda3931ee68346455441d66ab8bdc5b05e9fdce5 20 hours ago 1.089 GB sha256:18ad6fad340262ac2a636efd98a6d1f0ea775ae3d45240d3418466495a19a81b 22 hours ago 1.082 GB sha256:f9f1e26352f0a3ba6a0ff68167559f64f3e21ff7ada60366e2d44a04befd1d3a 23 hours ago 1.089 GB tryout latest sha256:2629d1fa0b81b222fca63371ca16cbf6a0772d07759ff80e8d1369b926940074 23 hours ago 131.5 MB sha256:5ed6274db6ceb2397844896966ea239290555e74ef307030ebb01ff91b1914df 24 hours ago 1.089 GB
List image digests
Images that use the v2 or later format have a content-addressable identifier called a digest. As long as the input used to generate the image is unchanged, the digest value is predictable. To list image digest values, use the --digests flag:
$ docker images --digests REPOSITORY TAG DIGEST IMAGE ID CREATED SIZE localhost:5000/test/busybox sha256:cbbf2f9a99b47fc460d422812b6a5adff7dfee951d8fa2e4a98caa0382cfbdbf 4986bf8c1536 9 weeks ago 2.43 MB
When pushing or pulling to a 2.0 registry, the push or pull command output includes the image digest. You can pull using a digest value. You can also reference by digest in create, run, and rmi commands, as well as the FROM image reference in a Dockerfile. Filtering
The filtering flag (-f or --filter) format is of “key=value”. If there is more than one filter, then pass multiple flags (e.g., --filter "foo=bar" --filter "bif=baz")
The currently supported filters are:
dangling (boolean - true or false)
label (label=<key> or label=<key>=<value>)
before (<image-name>[:<tag>], <image id> or <image@digest>) - filter images created before given id or references
since (<image-name>[:<tag>], <image id> or <image@digest>) - filter images created since given id or references
reference (pattern of an image reference) - filter images whose reference matches the specified pattern
Show untagged images (dangling)
$ docker images --filter "dangling=true"
REPOSITORY TAG IMAGE ID CREATED SIZE 8abc22fbb042 4 weeks ago 0 B 48e5f45168b9 4 weeks ago 2.489 MB bf747efa0e2f 4 weeks ago 0 B 980fe10e5736 12 weeks ago 101.4 MB dea752e4e117 12 weeks ago 101.4 MB 511136ea3c5a 8 months ago 0 B
This will display untagged images that are the leaves of the images tree (not intermediary layers). These images occur when a new