docker compose rm
Removes stopped service containers
Usage
$ docker compose rm [OPTIONS] [SERVICE...]
Refer to the options section for an overview of available OPTIONS
for this command.
Description
Removes stopped service containers.
By default, anonymous volumes attached to containers are not removed. You can override this with -v
. To list all
volumes, use docker volume ls
.
Any data which is not in a volume is lost.
Running the command with no options also removes one-off containers created by docker compose run
:
$ docker compose rm
Going to remove djangoquickstart_web_run_1
Are you sure? [yN] y
Removing djangoquickstart_web_run_1 ... done
Options
Name, shorthand | Default | Description |
--force , -f |
Don’t ask to confirm removal | |
--stop , -s |
Stop the containers, if required, before removing | |
--volumes , -v |
Remove any anonymous volumes attached to containers |
Parent command
Command | Description |
---|---|
docker compose | Docker Compose |
Related commands
Command | Description |
docker compose build | Build or rebuild services |
docker compose config | Parse, resolve and render compose file in canonical format |
docker compose cp | Copy files/folders between a service container and the local filesystem |
docker compose create | Creates containers for a service. |
docker compose down | Stop and remove containers, networks |
docker compose events | Receive real time events from containers. |
docker compose exec | Execute a command in a running container. |
docker compose images | List images used by the created containers |
docker compose kill | Force stop service containers. |
docker compose logs | View output from containers |
docker compose ls | List running compose projects |
docker compose pause | Pause services |
docker compose port | Print the public port for a port binding. |
docker compose ps | List containers |
docker compose pull | Pull service images |
docker compose push | Push service images |
docker compose restart | Restart service containers |
docker compose rm | Removes stopped service containers |
docker compose run | Run a one-off command on a service. |
docker compose start | Start services |
docker compose stop | Stop services |
docker compose top | Display the running processes |
docker compose unpause | Unpause services |
docker compose up | Create and start containers |
docker compose version | Show the Docker Compose version information |