Delete evicted pods from all namespaces (also ImagePullBackOff and ErrImagePull)

delete-evicted-pods-all-namespaces.sh

#!/bin/sh
# based on https://gist.github.com/ipedrazas/9c622404fb41f2343a0db85b3821275d

# delete all evicted pods from all namespaces
kubectl get pods --all-namespaces | grep Evicted | awk '{print $2 " --namespace=" $1}' | xargs kubectl delete pod

# delete all containers in ImagePullBackOff state from all namespaces
kubectl get pods --all-namespaces | grep 'ImagePullBackOff' | awk '{print $2 " --namespace=" $1}' | xargs kubectl delete pod

# delete all containers in ImagePullBackOff or ErrImagePull or Evicted state from all namespaces
kubectl get pods --all-namespaces | grep -E 'ImagePullBackOff|ErrImagePull|Evicted' | awk '{print $2 " --namespace=" $1}' | xargs kubectl delete pod

kubectl get pods -a --all-namespaces | grep -E 'ImagePullBackOff|ErrImagePull|Evicted|Error|Completed'

kubectl get po --all-namespaces | awk '{if ($4 != "Evicted") system ("kubectl -n " $1 " delete pods " $2 " --grace-period=0 " " --force ")}'

kubectl get po --all-namespaces | awk '{if ($4 != "Evicted") system ("kubectl -n " $1 " delete pods " $2 " --grace-period=0 " " --force ")}'

($4 != "Evicted") will delete all pods that have not been Evicted, which is the direct opposite of what you want usually.

kubectl get pods --all-namespaces --show-all | grep Evicted | awk '{print $2 " --namespace=" $1}' | xargs kubectl delete pod

To delete evicted pods from all the namespaces, I use:

kubectl get pods --all-namespaces | grep Evicted | awk '{print $2 " --namespace=" $1}' | xargs -n 2 -d '\n' bash -c 'kubectl delete pod $0 $1'

This will split the parameters correctly for xargs when using the namespace option. Without those options, xargs was joining the output sending something like: kubectl delete pod pod-a --namespace 1 pode-b --namespace 2.

kubectl get po --all-namespaces | awk '{if ($4 != "Evicted") system ("kubectl -n " $1 " delete pods " $2 " --grace-period=0 " " --force ")}'

hey this is very wrong

do not use kubectl get po --all-namespaces | awk '{if ($4 != "Evicted") system ("kubectl -n " $1 " delete pods " $2 " --grace-period=0 " " --force ")}' this will delete all evited satus pods

kubectl get pods --all-namespaces | grep Evicted | awk '{print "kubectl delete pods -n " $1 " " $2 " --grace-period=0 --force"}' | sh

Show all Failed/Evicted Pods

kubectl get pod --all-namespaces --field-selector=status.phase==Failed

Delete all Failed/Evicted Pods

kubectl delete pod --all-namespaces --field-selector=status.phase==Failed