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# rm
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Remove one or more containers
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### Aliases
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`docker container rm`, `docker container remove`, `docker rm`
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### Options
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| Name | Type | Default | Description |
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| [`-f`](#force), [`--force`](#force) | | | Force the removal of a running container (uses SIGKILL) |
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| [`-l`](#link), [`--link`](#link) | | | Remove the specified link |
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| [`-v`](#volumes), [`--volumes`](#volumes) | | | Remove anonymous volumes associated with the container |
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## Examples
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### Remove a container
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This removes the container referenced under the link `/redis`.
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```console
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$ docker rm /redis
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/redis
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```
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### <a name="link"></a> Remove a link specified with `--link` on the default bridge network (--link)
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This removes the underlying link between `/webapp` and the `/redis`
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containers on the default bridge network, removing all network communication
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between the two containers. This does not apply when `--link` is used with
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user-specified networks.
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```console
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$ docker rm --link /webapp/redis
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/webapp/redis
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```
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### <a name="force"></a> Force-remove a running container (--force)
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This command force-removes a running container.
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```console
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$ docker rm --force redis
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redis
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```
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The main process inside the container referenced under the link `redis` will receive
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`SIGKILL`, then the container will be removed.
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### Remove all stopped containers
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Use the [`docker container prune`](container_prune.md) command to remove all
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stopped containers, or refer to the [`docker system prune`](system_prune.md)
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command to remove unused containers in addition to other Docker resources, such
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as (unused) images and networks.
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Alternatively, you can use the `docker ps` with the `-q` / `--quiet` option to
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generate a list of container IDs to remove, and use that list as argument for
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the `docker rm` command.
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Combining commands can be more flexible, but is less portable as it depends
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on features provided by the shell, and the exact syntax may differ depending on
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what shell is used. To use this approach on Windows, consider using PowerShell
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or Bash.
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The example below uses `docker ps -q` to print the IDs of all containers that
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have exited (`--filter status=exited`), and removes those containers with
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the `docker rm` command:
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```console
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$ docker rm $(docker ps --filter status=exited -q)
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```
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Or, using the `xargs` Linux utility:
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```console
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$ docker ps --filter status=exited -q | xargs docker rm
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```
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### <a name="volumes"></a> Remove a container and its volumes (-v, --volumes)
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```console
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$ docker rm --volumes redis
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redis
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```
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This command removes the container and any volumes associated with it.
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Note that if a volume was specified with a name, it will not be removed.
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### Remove a container and selectively remove volumes
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```console
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$ docker create -v awesome:/foo -v /bar --name hello redis
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hello
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$ docker rm -v hello
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```
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In this example, the volume for `/foo` remains intact, but the volume for
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`/bar` is removed. The same behavior holds for volumes inherited with
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`--volumes-from`.
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