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title: "rm"
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description: "The rm command description and usage"
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keywords: "remove, Docker, container"
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---
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# rm
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```markdown
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Usage: docker rm [OPTIONS] CONTAINER [CONTAINER...]
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Remove one or more containers
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Options:
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-f, --force Force the removal of a running container (uses SIGKILL)
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--help Print usage
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-l, --link Remove the specified link
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-v, --volumes Remove anonymous volumes associated with the container
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```
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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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```bash
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$ docker rm /redis
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/redis
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```
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### Remove a link specified with `--link` on the default bridge network
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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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```bash
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$ docker rm --link /webapp/redis
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/webapp/redis
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```
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### Force-remove a running container
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This command force-removes a running container.
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```bash
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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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```bash
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$ docker rm $(docker ps -a -q)
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```
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This command deletes all stopped containers. The command
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`docker ps -a -q` above returns all existing container IDs and passes them to
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the `rm` command which deletes them. Running containers are not deleted.
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### Remove a container and its volumes
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```bash
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$ docker rm -v 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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```bash
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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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