DockerCLI/docs/reference/commandline/rm.md

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title: "rm"
description: "The rm command description and usage"
keywords: "remove, Docker, container"
---
# rm
```markdown
Usage: docker rm [OPTIONS] CONTAINER [CONTAINER...]
Remove one or more containers
Options:
-f, --force Force the removal of a running container (uses SIGKILL)
--help Print usage
-l, --link Remove the specified link
-v, --volumes Remove anonymous volumes associated with the container
```
## Examples
### Remove a container
This will remove the container referenced under the link
`/redis`.
```bash
$ docker rm /redis
/redis
```
### Remove a link specified with `--link` on the default bridge network
This will remove the underlying link between `/webapp` and the `/redis`
containers on the default bridge network, removing all network communication
between the two containers. This does not apply when `--link` is used with
user-specified networks.
```bash
$ docker rm --link /webapp/redis
/webapp/redis
```
### Force-remove a running container
This command will force-remove a running container.
```bash
$ docker rm --force redis
redis
```
The main process inside the container referenced under the link `redis` will receive
`SIGKILL`, then the container will be removed.
### Remove all stopped containers
```bash
$ docker rm $(docker ps -a -q)
```
This command will delete all stopped containers. The command
`docker ps -a -q` will return all existing container IDs and pass them to
the `rm` command which will delete them. Any running containers will not be
deleted.
### Remove a container and its volumes
```bash
$ docker rm -v redis
redis
```
This command will remove the container and any volumes associated with it.
Note that if a volume was specified with a name, it will not be removed.
### Remove a container and selectively remove volumes
```bash
$ docker create -v awesome:/foo -v /bar --name hello redis
hello
$ docker rm -v hello
```
In this example, the volume for `/foo` will remain intact, but the volume for
`/bar` will be removed. The same behavior holds for volumes inherited with
`--volumes-from`.