---
title: "restart"
description: "The restart command description and usage"
keywords: "restart, container, Docker"
---

# restart

```markdown
Usage:  docker restart [OPTIONS] CONTAINER [CONTAINER...]

Restart one or more containers

Aliases:
  docker container restart, docker restart

Options:
  -s, --signal string   Signal to send to the container
  -t, --time int        Seconds to wait before killing the container
```

## Examples

```console
$ docker restart my_container
```