{"id":6395,"date":"2022-10-03T14:25:21","date_gmt":"2022-10-03T14:25:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.devopsschool.com\/blog\/?p=6395"},"modified":"2025-07-12T05:40:15","modified_gmt":"2025-07-12T05:40:15","slug":"how-to-remove-all-docker-containers-all-images-all-volumes-and-all-networks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.devopsschool.com\/blog\/how-to-remove-all-docker-containers-all-images-all-volumes-and-all-networks\/","title":{"rendered":"Docker Tutorials: Remove all Docker Containers, all Images, all Volumes, and all Networks"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>How to stop all Docker Containers<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\" aria-describedby=\"shcb-language-1\" data-shcb-language-name=\"JavaScript\" data-shcb-language-slug=\"javascript\"><span><code class=\"hljs language-javascript\">$ docker container ls -a --filter status=exited --filter status=created\n$ docker container stop $(docker container ls -aq)\n<\/code><\/span><small class=\"shcb-language\" id=\"shcb-language-1\"><span class=\"shcb-language__label\">Code language:<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__name\">JavaScript<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">(<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__slug\">javascript<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">)<\/span><\/small><\/pre>\n\n\n<p>To delete all containers including its volumes use<\/p>\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\" aria-describedby=\"shcb-language-2\" data-shcb-language-name=\"JavaScript\" data-shcb-language-slug=\"javascript\"><span><code class=\"hljs language-javascript\">$ docker rm -vf $(docker ps -a -q)<\/code><\/span><small class=\"shcb-language\" id=\"shcb-language-2\"><span class=\"shcb-language__label\">Code language:<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__name\">JavaScript<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">(<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__slug\">javascript<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">)<\/span><\/small><\/pre>\n\n\n<p>How to remove all stopped Docker Containers<\/p>\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><span><code class=\"hljs\">$ docker container prune<\/code><\/span><\/pre>\n\n\n<p><strong>How to delete all Docker Images<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\" aria-describedby=\"shcb-language-3\" data-shcb-language-name=\"PHP\" data-shcb-language-slug=\"php\"><span><code class=\"hljs language-php\"><span class=\"hljs-comment\"># Remove one or more images<\/span>\ndocker image rm <span class=\"hljs-number\">75835<\/span>a67d134 <span class=\"hljs-number\">2<\/span>a4cca5ac898\n<span class=\"hljs-comment\"># Remove all unused images<\/span>\ndocker image prune -a\n<span class=\"hljs-comment\"># To delete all the images,<\/span>\ndocker rmi -f $(docker images -a -q)<\/code><\/span><small class=\"shcb-language\" id=\"shcb-language-3\"><span class=\"shcb-language__label\">Code language:<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__name\">PHP<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">(<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__slug\">php<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">)<\/span><\/small><\/pre>\n\n\n<p><strong>Removing All Unused Objects<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><span><code class=\"hljs\">The docker system prune command will remove all stopped containers, all dangling images, and all unused networks:\n$ docker system prune\n<\/code><\/span><\/pre>\n\n\n<p><strong>Remove one or more volumes<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\" aria-describedby=\"shcb-language-4\" data-shcb-language-name=\"PHP\" data-shcb-language-slug=\"php\"><span><code class=\"hljs language-php\"><span class=\"hljs-comment\"># If you also want to remove all unused volumes, pass the --volumes flag:<\/span>\ndocker system prune --volumes\n$ docker volume rm <span class=\"hljs-number\">4e12<\/span>af8913af888ba67243dec78419bf18adddc3c7a4b2345754b6db64293163\n\n<span class=\"hljs-comment\"># Remove all unused volumes<\/span>\n$ docker volume prune<\/code><\/span><small 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