See https://issues.sonatype.org/browse/NEXUS-9293

deleteOrphanedDockerComponentsAndAssets.groovy

import groovy.json.JsonSlurper
import org.sonatype.nexus.repository.storage.Asset
import org.sonatype.nexus.repository.storage.StorageFacet

def DOCKER_REPOSITORY_NAME = 'docker-hosted'

def dockerRepository = repository.repositoryManager.get(DOCKER_REPOSITORY_NAME)
def dockerBlobStore = blobStore.blobStoreManager.get(dockerRepository.configuration.attributes.storage.blobStoreName)
def storageTx = dockerRepository.facet(StorageFacet.class).txSupplier().get()
try {
    storageTx.begin()
    dockerRepository.stop()
    def bucket = storageTx.findBucket(dockerRepository)

    def images = storageTx.browseComponents(bucket).asCollection().asImmutable()
    log.info("Nexus Components - Docker Images: ${images.size()}")
    images.forEach { component ->
        // remove Components which don't own any Assets. Docker Registry API-based DELETE calls were causing
        // this scenario in Nexus 3.1.0-4.  symptoms included deleted Component remaining in API retrieval results, but
        // not appearing on the UI Components list.
        // https://github.com/docker/distribution/blob/8d096a4f4213ef0d856459f80f09dc5ce33bbdcf/docs/spec/api.md#deleting-an-image
        if (storageTx.browseAssets(component).asCollection().isEmpty()) {
            log.info("Deleting Orphaned Nexus Component: ${component.toString()}")
            storageTx.deleteComponent(component)
        }
    }

    def manifests = [] as Set<Asset>
    def nonManifests = [] as Set<Asset>
    storageTx.browseAssets(bucket).forEach { asset ->
        def contentType = asset.contentType()
        // https://github.com/docker/distribution/blob/844b92879f179f16a26ce441631880aa3079b7f4/docs/spec/manifest-v2-2.md#media-types
        switch (contentType) {
            case 'application/vnd.docker.distribution.manifest.v2+json':
                manifests.add(asset)
                break
            case 'application/vnd.docker.image.rootfs.diff.tar.gzip': // blob/layer
            case 'application/vnd.docker.container.image.v1+json': // configuration
                nonManifests.add(asset)
                break
            default:
                // fail if any type we aren't prepared for and/or don't understand
                throw new IllegalArgumentException("Unexpected Content-Type '${contentType}' on Asset '${asset.name()}'")
        }
    }
    log.info("Nexus Assets - Docker Manifests: ${manifests.size()}")
    log.info("Nexus Assets - Docker Non-Manifests: ${nonManifests.size()}")
    log.info("Nexus Assets Total: ${manifests.size() + nonManifests.size()}")

    // initialized with digest of 'zero size' layer, something about backwards compat with v1
    // https://github.com/docker/distribution/issues/1810#issuecomment-231152078
    def digests = ['sha256:a3ed95caeb02ffe68cdd9fd84406680ae93d633cb16422d00e8a7c22955b46d4'] as Set<String>
    manifests.each { manifest ->
        def manifestJson = new JsonSlurper().parse(dockerBlobStore.get(manifest.blobRef().blobId).inputStream)
        if (manifestJson.schemaVersion != 2) {
            throw new IllegalArgumentException(
                    "Unexpected schemaVersion '${manifestJson.schemaVersion}' on Manifest '${manifest.name()}'")
        }
        // https://github.com/docker/distribution/blob/844b92879f179f16a26ce441631880aa3079b7f4/docs/spec/manifest-v2-2.md#image-manifest
        digests.add(manifestJson.config.digest)
        manifestJson.layers.forEach { layer ->
            def digest = layer.digest.toString()
            // fail if assumption made for the algorithm of the hardcoded 'zero size' value from earlier isn't valid
            // https://github.com/docker/docker.github.io/blob/84cbb88f7580307bc89eefc1c476f675e09a4394/registry/spec/api.md#content-digests
            if (!digest.startsWith('sha256:')) {
                throw new IllegalArgumentException("Unexpected Digest algorithm in '${digest}' on Asset '${asset.name()}'")
            }
            digests.add(digest)
        }
    }
    digests.forEach { digest ->
        nonManifests.removeIf { candidateNonManifest ->
            candidateNonManifest.name().endsWith(digest)
        }
    }
    log.info("Nexus Assets - Docker Non-Manifests - Orphaned: ${nonManifests.size()}")

    nonManifests.forEach { nonManifest ->
        log.info("Deleting Orphaned Docker Non-Manifest: ${nonManifest.name().replaceAll('v2/-/blobs/','')}")
        storageTx.deleteAsset(nonManifest)
    }

    storageTx.commit()
    dockerBlobStore.compact()
} finally {
    dockerRepository.start()
    storageTx.close()
}

Thanks for sharing this!

how to run this script? when I run, a problem hadpened. Log as follows:

Caught: groovy.lang.MissingPropertyException: No such property: repository for class: delete_docker
groovy.lang.MissingPropertyException: No such property: repository for class: delete_docker
	at delete_docker.run(delete_docker.groovy:8)