Docker rm Command

Docker rm Command

docker rm : Delete one or more containers.

Docker rm Syntax

docker rm [OPTIONS] CONTAINER [CONTAINER...]

OPTIONS Description:

• -f : Forced deletion of a running container by SIGKILL signal.
• -l : Removes network connections between containers, not the containers themselves.
• -v : Removes the volumes associated with a container.

Docker rm Examples

Forced deletion of containers db01, db02.

docker rm -f db01 db02

Remove the connection from container nginx01 to container db01, connection name db.

docker rm -l db 

Delete the container nginx01, and delete the container’s mounted data volumes.

docker rm -v nginx01

Delete all discontinued containers.

docker rm $(docker ps -a -q)

Docker cleanup commands

Kill all running containers:

docker kill $(docker ps -a -q)

Delete all stopped containers:

docker rm $(docker ps -a -q)

Delete all mirrors that are not tagged with dangling:

docker rmi $(docker images -q -f dangling=true)

Delete the specified mirror by its id:

docker rmi <image id>

Delete all mirrors:

docker rmi $(docker images -q)

Create aliases for these commands

# ~/.bash_aliases

# Kill all running containers
alias dockerkill='docker kill (docker ps -a -q)'

# Delete all stopped containers
alias dockercleanc='docker rm(docker ps -a -q)'

# Delete all untagged mirrors
alias dockercleani='docker rmi $(docker images -q -f dangling=true)'

# Delete all stopped containers and untagged images
alias dockerclean='dockercleanc || true && dockercleani'