You can follow these steps to quickly remove Docker objects, like Docker containers and Docker volumes, that are consuming disk space. This will help any Docker user efficiently organize their system by eliminating unnecessary storage. Let’s look at each step for Docker containers remove in more detail.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When you attempt to prevent them, the docker containers will not remove themselves unless you use the \u2013rm flag on the container.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
One or more containers must be removed:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n To eliminate one or more Dockers, use the docker container rm command and consider the IDs of the containers you want to remove.<\/p>\n\n\n\n To get a list of all containers, use the command docker container ls with the \u2013a option.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It’s how the output appears:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Pass the CONTAINER ID of the containers you want to delete to the docker container rm command if you know it. For example, to get rid of the first two containers in the above output, type:<\/p>\n\n\n\n If you receive an error message similar to the one below, it means the container is up and running. You must first stop the container before removing it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Output:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Remove all containers that have come to a halt:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Run docker container prune to delete all stopped containers,<\/p>\n\n\n\n Output:<\/p>\n\n\n\n$ docker container ls \u2013a<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\nCONTAINER ID IMAGE COMMAND CREATED STATUS NAMES \ncc3f2ff51cab centos \"\/bin\/bash\" 2months ago Created competent_nightingale\ncd20b396a061 solita\/ubuntu-systemd \"\/bin\/bash -c 'exec \u2026\" 2months ago Exited (137) 2months ago systemd\nfb62432cf3c1 ubuntu \"\/bin\/bash\" 3months ago Exited (130) 3months ago jolly_mirzakhani<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n$ docker container rm cc3f2ff51cab cd20b396a061<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\nError response from daemon: You cannot remove a running\ncontainer fc983ebf4771d42a8bd0029df061cb74dc12cb174530b2036987575b83442b47.\nStop the container before attempting removal or force remove.<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n$ docker container prune<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\nWARNING! This will remove all stopped containers.\nAre you sure you want to continue? [y\/N] y<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n