I am trying to forcefully stop and remove all Docker images:
docker stop $(docker ps -a -q) && docker rm -f $(docker ps -a -q) && docker rmi -f $(docker images -a -q)
However, I receive:
Error response from daemon: conflict: unable to delete 3b5b05d98767 (cannot be forced) - image is being used by running container deedefb82e27.
As far as I understand, the container is restarting faster than the command tries to delete it.
The error is in removing the image, not the container. This is either a race condition from the container not being completely deleted yet, or you have something else starting containers on the system like swarm mode.
For a race condition, just add a few seconds between the commands to give the rm time to finish on the server. Also there's no need for a stop since you're doing an rm -f:
docker rm -f $(docker ps -a -q) \
&& sleep 2 && docker rmi -f $(docker images -a -q)
If you have containers running in swarm mode, first remove your stacks and services that you don't want to have running:
# something like this, will only work if you have stacks defined
docker stack rm $(docker stack ls --format '{{.Name}}')
# similar command for services
docker service rm $(docker service ls -q)
Each of those may take 10 seconds for the containers to exit, plus a few more seconds for the swarm manager to send the command, so you may want a sleep 15 after they both return to give the server time to complete the request.
You may have to preface all of your commands with sudo, or ensure that you are already in a root shell.
For example:
sudo docker stop $(sudo docker ps -a -q) && sudo docker rm -f $(sudo docker ps -a -q) && sudo docker rmi -f $(sudo docker images -a -q)
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I am trying to remove all stopped containers to free up some space on an AWS Ubuntu server that I am using. Docker documentation says to use docker rm $(docker ps -a -q) : https://docs.docker.com/engine/reference/commandline/rm/#remove-all-stopped-containers
However, I am getting the error below:
"docker rm" requires at least 1 argument.
See 'docker rm --help'.
Usage: docker rm [OPTIONS] CONTAINER [CONTAINER...]
Remove one or more containers
Any suggestions?
Adding sudo in front doesn't help. I am able to remove individual containers using docker rm 343e43ac4e86, but I don't want to spend a lot of time trying to figure out which containers are from older releases and removing them one by one.
I think you could also try docker ps -aq | xargs docker rm if the substitution doesn't work out.
Please use these command in your terminal:
docker stop $(docker ps -aq)
docker rm $(docker ps -aq)
docker network prune -f
docker rmi -f $(docker images --filter dangling=true -qa)
docker volume rm $(docker volume ls --filter dangling=true -q)
I am using Docker on windows and trying to remove all containers with names starting with 'test' using below command
docker rm -f $(docker ps -a -q -f name=test)
It throws exception
unknown shorthand flag: 'a' in -a
See 'docker rm --help'.
I also tried the post on stack overflow.
docker ps -a -q -f name=test | xargs docker rm
Here I am getting an exception
'xargs' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.
To remove docker image first you need to stop the container that is attached to that image. After doing that you can simply run
To Stop all container
docker container stop $(docker container ls -aq)
docker rmi $(docker images -a -q)
This will remove all docker images from your system. If you are not in root you need to use
sudo docker rmi $(docker images -a -q)
I run the following commands
docker system prune -a -f
docker stop $(docker ps -a -q)
docker rm $(docker ps -a -q)
docker rmi $(docker images -q)
Then I do
docker build .
It still not picking up my code changes.
When I run the built container it still showing me old code.
Where is the docker stores the build cache?
I remember using
docker rm -f `docker ps -aq`
to chain the commands without an issue a few months ago, but now this isn't working, and I'm getting the following output:
unknown shorthand flag: 'a' in -aq`
See 'docker rm --help'.
What changed? How can I delete all Docker running containers in one line? In case it helps, I'm using Docker for Windows (native with Hyper-V, not with VirtualBox) on Windows 10, and the command I used has worked fine with my previous Windows 8 Docker toolbox installation.
Till now (Docker version 1.12) we are using the following command to delete all the running containers (also, if we want to delete the volumes, we can do that manually using its respective tag -v in the following command),
Delete all Exited Containers
docker rm $(docker ps -q -f status=exited)
Delete all Stopped Containers
docker rm $(docker ps -a -q)
Delete All Running and Stopped Containers
docker stop $(docker ps -a -q)
docker rm $(docker ps -a -q)
Remove all containers, without any criteria
docker container rm $(docker container ps -aq)
But, in version 1.13 and above, for complete system and cleanup, we can directly user the following command,
docker system prune
All unused containers, images, networks and volumes will get deleted. Also, individually i.e. separately, we can do that using the following commands, that clean up the components,
docker container prune
docker image prune
docker network prune
docker volume prune
I had this issue when running in cmd. Switched to PowerShell and it worked!
Use:
docker rm -f $(docker ps -aq)
If anybody needs the Windows Shell Command (stop and remove container), here it is:
for /F %c in ('docker ps -a -q') do (docker stop %c)
for /F %c in ('docker ps -a -q') do (docker rm %c)
If you put it in a batch file, just add % to %c:
for /F %%c in ('docker ps -a -q') do (docker stop %%c)
I've had the same problem: I was on a Windows machine and used Docker within VirtualBox and the command docker rm -f ${docker ps -aq} worked well. Then I switched to Docker for Windows and the command didn't work on the Windows command line.
But using Cygwin or Git Bash solved the problem for me.
Try using this command.
docker rm -f $(docker ps | grep -v CONTAINER | awk '{print $1}')
$ docker rm $(docker ps --filter status=created -q)
Tested on Docker version 19.03.5, build 633a0ea on Mac OS Mojave.
Run docker commands in Windows PowerShell will execute and run most of the commands
Hope you also remember to stop running containers first before running the delete command
docker stop $(docker ps -aq)
Use this:
docker rm -f $(docker ps | grep -v CONTAINER | awk '{print $1}')
If you want to include previously stopped containers:
docker rm -f $(docker ps -a | grep -v CONTAINER | awk '{print $1}')
we can delete all running containers in docker ENV by the following the command -
docker container rm -f $(docker container ls -aq)
It should to the magic
if we have run our docker container using docker-compose.yaml then
docker-compose -f /path/to/compose/file down
should work
Single command to delete all stop and running containers (first stop and then just prune/remove them. Works for me all the time.
docker stop $(docker ps -a -q) && docker container prune -a
If the container is running, you cannot delete the image. First stop all the containers using the following command.
docker stop $(docker ps -aq)
you are saying running stop against the output of docker ps -aq.
'a' - get me all the containers
'q' - return only the container id.
Then run the following command to remove all the containers.
docker rm $(docker ps -aq)
Is there any command which can combine the docker stop and docker rm command together ? Each time I want to delete a running container, I need to execute 2 commands sequentially, I wonder if there is a combined command can simplify this process.
docker stop CONTAINER_ID
docker rm CONTATINER_ID
You can use :
docker rm -f CONTAINER_ID
It will remove the container even if it is still running.
https://docs.docker.com/engine/reference/commandline/rm/
You can also run your containers with --rm option (e.g. docker run --rm -it alpine), it will be automatically removed when stopped.
https://docs.docker.com/engine/reference/run/#clean-up---rm
Edit: The rm -f might be dangerous for your data and is best suited for test or development containers. #Bernard's comment on this subject is worth reading.
docker stop CONTAINER_ID | xargs docker rm
You can stop and remove the container with a single command the $_ gives you the last echo
docker stop CONTAINER && docker rm $_
In my case, to remove the running containers I used
docker rm -f $(docker ps -a -q)
In case you also need to remove the images, then run
docker rmi $(docker images -q) afterwards.
Only run docker rmi $(docker images -q) if you want to remove the images.
https://www.ctl.io/developers/blog/post/gracefully-stopping-docker-containers/
You can use kill, and also by using rm and the force flag it will also use kill.
Remove all containers: docker ps -aq | xargs docker rm -f
This will stop and remove all images including running containers as we are using -f
docker rmi -f $(docker images -a -q)
Use the docker ps command with the -a flag to locate the name or ID of the containers you want to remove
docker ps -a
To remove: $ docker rm ID_or_Name ID_or_Name
Remove a container upon exit:
If you know when you’re creating a container that you won’t want to keep it around once you’re done, you can run docker run --rm to automatically delete it when it exits.
Run and Remove : docker run --rm image_name
Remove all exited containers:
You can locate containers using docker ps -a and filter them by their status: created, restarting, running, paused, or exited. To review the list of exited containers, use the -f flag to filter based on status. When you've verified you want to remove those containers, using -q to pass the IDs to the docker rm command.
List:
docker ps -a -f status=exited
docker rm $(docker ps -a -f status=exited -q)
Remove containers using more than one filter:
Docker filters can be combined by repeating the filter flag with an additional value. This results in a list of containers that meet either condition. For example, if you want to delete all containers marked as either Created (a state which can result when you run a container with an invalid command) or Exited, you can use two filters:
docker ps -a -f status=exited -f status=created
Stop and Remove all the containers:
docker stop $(docker ps -a -q)
docker rm $(docker ps -a -q)
For removing a single container
docker rm -f CONTAINER_ID
For removing all containers
docker rm -f `docker container ps -qa`
To remove all stopped containers docker system prune
To stop live container, docker stop CONTAINER_ID waits 10 sec and it calls docker kill CONTAINER_ID
Or with docker kill CONTAINER_ID, you can immediately stop the container
remove all container with xargs
docker ps -a -q | xargs docker rm
for stop all
sudo docker ps -a -q |sudo xargs docker stop
remove single container
docker rm -f <container_id>