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title: “container prune” description: “Remove all stopped containers” keywords: container, prune, delete, remove

container prune

Usage:	docker container prune [OPTIONS]

Remove all stopped containers

Options:
  -f, --force   Do not prompt for confirmation
      --help    Print usage

Examples

$ docker container prune
WARNING! This will remove all stopped containers.
Are you sure you want to continue? [y/N] y
Deleted Containers:
4a7f7eebae0f63178aff7eb0aa39cd3f0627a203ab2df258c1a00b456cf20063
f98f9c2aa1eaf727e4ec9c0283bc7d4aa4762fbdba7f26191f26c97f64090360

Total reclaimed space: 212 B

Related information

• system df
• volume prune
• image prune
• network prune
• system prune