Docker Tutorials: Remove all Docker Containers, all Images, all Volumes, and all Networks

How to stop all Docker Containers

$ docker container ls -a --filter status=exited --filter status=created
$ docker container stop $(docker container ls -aq)
Code language: JavaScript (javascript)

To delete all containers including its volumes use

$ docker rm -vf $(docker ps -a -q)Code language: JavaScript (javascript)

How to remove all stopped Docker Containers

$ docker container prune

How to delete all Docker Images

# Remove one or more images
docker image rm 75835a67d134 2a4cca5ac898
# Remove all unused images
docker image prune -a
# To delete all the images,
docker rmi -f $(docker images -a -q)Code language: PHP (php)

Removing All Unused Objects

The docker system prune command will remove all stopped containers, all dangling images, and all unused networks:
$ docker system prune

Remove one or more volumes

# If you also want to remove all unused volumes, pass the --volumes flag:
docker system prune --volumes
$ docker volume rm 4e12af8913af888ba67243dec78419bf18adddc3c7a4b2345754b6db64293163

# Remove all unused volumes
$ docker volume pruneCode language: PHP (php)

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