# unpause

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Unpause all processes within one or more containers

### Aliases

`docker container unpause`, `docker unpause`


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## Description

The `docker unpause` command un-suspends all processes in the specified containers.
On Linux, it does this using the freezer cgroup.

See the
[freezer cgroup documentation](https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/cgroup-v1/freezer-subsystem.txt)
for further details.

## Examples

```console
$ docker unpause my_container
my_container
```

## Related commands

* [pause](pause.md)