single command to stop and remove docker container
DockerDocker Problem Overview
Is there any command which can combine the docker stop and docker rm command together ? Each time I want to delete a running container, I need to execute 2 commands sequentially, I wonder if there is a combined command can simplify this process.
docker stop CONTAINER_ID
docker rm CONTATINER_ID
Docker Solutions
Solution 1 - Docker
You can use :
docker rm -f CONTAINER_ID
It will remove the container even if it is still running.
https://docs.docker.com/engine/reference/commandline/rm/
You can also run your containers with --rm option, it will be automatically removed when stopped.
https://docs.docker.com/engine/reference/run/#clean-up-rm
Edit: The rm -f might be dangerous for your data and is best suited for test or development containers. @Bernard's comment on this subject is worth reading.
Solution 2 - Docker
docker stop CONTAINER_ID | xargs docker rm
Solution 3 - Docker
You can stop and remove the container with a single command the $_ gives you the last echo
docker stop CONTAINER && docker rm $_
Solution 4 - Docker
In my case, to remove the running containers I used
docker rm -f $(docker ps -a -q)
In case you also need to remove the images, then run
docker rmi $(docker images -q) afterwards.
Only run docker rmi $(docker images -q) if you want to remove the images.
Solution 5 - Docker
https://www.ctl.io/developers/blog/post/gracefully-stopping-docker-containers/
You can use kill, and also by using rm and the force flag it will also use kill.
Solution 6 - Docker
Remove all containers: docker ps -aq | xargs docker rm -f
Solution 7 - Docker
This will stop and remove all images including running containers as we are using -f
docker rmi -f $(docker images -a -q)
Solution 8 - Docker
Use the docker ps command with the -a flag to locate the name or ID of the containers you want to remove
docker ps -a
To remove: $ docker rm ID_or_Name ID_or_Name
Remove a container upon exit:
If you know when you’re creating a container that you won’t want to keep it around once you’re done, you can run docker run --rm to automatically delete it when it exits.
Run and Remove : docker run --rm image_name
Remove all exited containers:
You can locate containers using docker ps -a and filter them by their status: created, restarting, running, paused, or exited. To review the list of exited containers, use the -f flag to filter based on status. When you've verified you want to remove those containers, using -q to pass the IDs to the docker rm command.
List:
docker ps -a -f status=exited
docker rm $(docker ps -a -f status=exited -q)
Remove containers using more than one filter:
Docker filters can be combined by repeating the filter flag with an additional value. This results in a list of containers that meet either condition. For example, if you want to delete all containers marked as either Created (a state which can result when you run a container with an invalid command) or Exited, you can use two filters:
docker ps -a -f status=exited -f status=created
Stop and Remove all the containers:
docker stop $(docker ps -a -q)
docker rm $(docker ps -a -q)
Solution 9 - Docker
For removing a single container
docker rm -f CONTAINER_ID
For removing all containers
docker rm -f `docker container ps -qa`
Solution 10 - Docker
To remove all stopped containers docker system prune
To stop live container, docker stop CONTAINER_ID waits 10 sec and it calls docker kill CONTAINER_ID
Or with docker kill CONTAINER_ID, you can immediately stop the container
Solution 11 - Docker
remove all container with xargs
docker ps -a -q | xargs docker rm
for stop all
sudo docker ps -a -q |sudo xargs docker stop
remove single container
docker rm -f <container_id>