registry/docs/tag-pruning.md
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High level discussion of tag pruning registry, pruning, images, tags, repository, distribution Tag Pruning

As of v2.6.0 you can set tag pruning policies on individual repositories that you manage. Based on your specified rules, you can automatically delete unwanted images. In addition to a policy approach, you can also set repository tag limits which limit the number of tags in a specific repository.

About tag pruning

In the context of the Docker registry, tag pruning is the process of deleting image tags but not actual blobs. A garbage collection job takes care of blob deletions.

Additionally repository tag limits are processed in a first in first out manner. For example, if you set a tag limit of 2, adding a third tag would push out the first.

Tag pruning in practice

Example

More details about tag pruning