% podman-kill 1

## NAME
podman\-kill - Kill the main process in one or more containers

## SYNOPSIS
**podman kill** [*options*] [*container* ...]

**podman container kill** [*options*] [*container* ...]

## DESCRIPTION
The main process inside each container specified is sent SIGKILL or any signal specified with the `--signal` option.

## OPTIONS
#### **--all**, **-a**

Signal all running and paused containers.

@@option cidfile.read

@@option latest

@@option signal

## EXAMPLE

Kill container with a given name:
```
podman kill mywebserver
```

Kill container with a given ID:
```
podman kill 860a4b23
```

Terminate container by sending `TERM` signal:
```
podman kill --signal TERM 860a4b23
```

Kill the latest container. (This option is not available with the remote Podman client, including Mac and Windows
(excluding WSL2) machines):
```
podman kill --latest
```

Terminate all containers by sending `KILL` signal:
```
podman kill --signal KILL -a
```

Kill containers using ID specified in a given files:
```
podman kill --cidfile /home/user/cidfile-1
podman kill --cidfile /home/user/cidfile-1 --cidfile ./cidfile-2
```

## SEE ALSO
**[podman(1)](podman.1.md)**, **[podman-stop(1)](podman-stop.1.md)**

## HISTORY
September 2017, Originally compiled by Brent Baude <bbaude@redhat.com>