Why do all the tags get deleted when I delete an image in Container Registry?

You tried to delete an image from IBM Cloud® Container Registry by using the ibmcloud cr image-rm command and all the tags that referred to that image got deleted too.

You deleted an image by using the ibmcloud cr image-rm command and all the tags within the same repository that reference the image also got deleted.

Where multiple tags exist for the same image digest within a repository, the ibmcloud cr image-rm command removes the underlying image and all its tags. If the same image exists in a different repository or namespace, then that copy of the image is not removed.

If you want to remove a tag from an image and make sure that the underlying image and any other tags remain in place, use the ibmcloud cr image-untag command. For more information, see Removing tags from images in your private repository and Deleting images from your private repository.