minikube status Unknown, Windows 10, docker - docker

Question

I was trying to see the dashboard, previously works fine...
Now I get using minikube dashboard
λ minikube dashboard
X Exiting due to GUEST_STATUS: state: unknown state "minikube": docker container inspect minikube --format=: exit status 1
stdout:
stderr:
Error: No such container: minikube
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With minikube status
λ minikube status
E0604 13:13:20.260421 27600 status.go:258] status error: host: state: unknown state "minikube": docker container inspect minikube --format={{.State.Status}}: exit status 1
stdout:
stderr:
Error: No such container: minikube
E0604 13:13:20.261425 27600 status.go:261] The "minikube" host does not exist!
minikube
type: Control Plane
host: Nonexistent
kubelet: Nonexistent
apiserver: Nonexistent
kubeconfig: Nonexistent
With the command minikube profile list
λ minikube profile list
|----------|-----------|---------|--------------|------|---------|---------|-------|
| Profile | VM Driver | Runtime | IP | Port | Version | Status | Nodes |
|----------|-----------|---------|--------------|------|---------|---------|-------|
| minikube | docker | docker | 192.168.49.2 | 8443 | v1.20.2 | Unknown | 1 |
|----------|-----------|---------|--------------|------|---------|---------|-------|
Now,...
What would be it happens?
What would be the best solution?
Thansk...

Answer 1

Remove unused data:
docker system prune
Clear minikube's local state:
minikube delete
Start the cluster:
minikube start --driver=<driver_name>
(In your case driver name is docker as per minikube profile list info shared by you)
Check the cluster status:
minikube status
Use the following documentation for more information:
https://docs.docker.com/engine/reference/commandline/system_prune/#examples
https://v1-18.docs.kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/tools/install-minikube/