remove running container docker code example

Example 1: remove docker container

# List all containers (only IDs)
docker ps -aq
# Stop all running containers
docker stop $(docker ps -aq)
# Remove all containers
docker rm $(docker ps -aq)
# Remove all images
docker rmi $(docker images -q)

Example 2: docker remove all containers

docker rm $(docker ps -a -q)

Example 3: docker delete all containers

docker container rm $(docker container ls –aq)
docker container stop $(docker container ls –aq) && docker system prune –af ––volumes

Example 4: docker force remove container

docker rm -f [containerid]

Example 5: remove all containers docker

docker rmi $(docker images -q)

Example 6: docker remove container

docker system prune