docker container prune
| Description | Remove all stopped containers |
|---|---|
| Usage | docker container prune [OPTIONS] |
Description
Removes all stopped containers.
Options
| Option | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|
--filter | Provide filter values (e.g. until=<timestamp>) | |
-f, --force | Do not prompt for confirmation |
Examples
Prune containers
$ 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
Filtering (--filter)
The filtering flag (--filter) format is of "key=value". If there is more
than one filter, then pass multiple flags (e.g., --filter "foo=bar" --filter "bif=baz")
The currently supported filters are:
- until (
<timestamp>) - only remove containers created before given timestamp - label (
label=<key>,label=<key>=<value>,label!=<key>, orlabel!=<key>=<value>) - only remove containers with (or without, in caselabel!=...is used) the specified labels.
The until filter can be Unix timestamps, date formatted
timestamps, or Go duration strings (e.g. 10m, 1h30m) computed
relative to the daemon machine’s time. Supported formats for date
formatted time stamps include RFC3339Nano, RFC3339, 2006-01-02T15:04:05,
2006-01-02T15:04:05.999999999, 2006-01-02T07:00, and 2006-01-02. The local
timezone on the daemon will be used if you do not provide either a Z or a
+-00:00 timezone offset at the end of the timestamp. When providing Unix
timestamps enter seconds[.nanoseconds], where seconds is the number of seconds
that have elapsed since January 1, 1970 (midnight UTC/GMT), not counting leap
seconds (aka Unix epoch or Unix time), and the optional .nanoseconds field is a
fraction of a second no more than nine digits long.
The label filter accepts two formats. One is the label=... (label=<key> or label=<key>=<value>),
which removes containers with the specified labels. The other
format is the label!=... (label!=<key> or label!=<key>=<value>), which removes
containers without the specified labels.
The following removes containers created more than 5 minutes ago:
$ docker ps -a --format 'table {{.ID}}\t{{.Image}}\t{{.Command}}\t{{.CreatedAt}}\t{{.Status}}'
CONTAINER ID IMAGE COMMAND CREATED AT STATUS
61b9efa71024 busybox "sh" 2017-01-04 13:23:33 -0800 PST Exited (0) 41 seconds ago
53a9bc23a516 busybox "sh" 2017-01-04 13:11:59 -0800 PST Exited (0) 12 minutes ago
$ docker container prune --force --filter "until=5m"
Deleted Containers:
53a9bc23a5168b6caa2bfbefddf1b30f93c7ad57f3dec271fd32707497cb9369
Total reclaimed space: 25 B
$ docker ps -a --format 'table {{.ID}}\t{{.Image}}\t{{.Command}}\t{{.CreatedAt}}\t{{.Status}}'
CONTAINER ID IMAGE COMMAND CREATED AT STATUS
61b9efa71024 busybox "sh" 2017-01-04 13:23:33 -0800 PST Exited (0) 44 seconds ago
The following removes containers created before 2017-01-04T13:10:00:
$ docker ps -a --format 'table {{.ID}}\t{{.Image}}\t{{.Command}}\t{{.CreatedAt}}\t{{.Status}}'
CONTAINER ID IMAGE COMMAND CREATED AT STATUS
53a9bc23a516 busybox "sh" 2017-01-04 13:11:59 -0800 PST Exited (0) 7 minutes ago
4a75091a6d61 busybox "sh" 2017-01-04 13:09:53 -0800 PST Exited (0) 9 minutes ago
$ docker container prune --force --filter "until=2017-01-04T13:10:00"
Deleted Containers:
4a75091a6d618526fcd8b33ccd6e5928ca2a64415466f768a6180004b0c72c6c
Total reclaimed space: 27 B
$ docker ps -a --format 'table {{.ID}}\t{{.Image}}\t{{.Command}}\t{{.CreatedAt}}\t{{.Status}}'
CONTAINER ID IMAGE COMMAND CREATED AT STATUS
53a9bc23a516 busybox "sh" 2017-01-04 13:11:59 -0800 PST Exited (0) 9 minutes ago