# docker compose restart

**Description:** Restart service containers

**Usage:** `docker compose restart [OPTIONS] [SERVICE...]`










## Description

Restarts all stopped and running services, or the specified services only.

If you make changes to your `compose.yml` configuration, these changes are not reflected
after running this command. For example, changes to environment variables (which are added
after a container is built, but before the container's command is executed) are not updated
after restarting.

If you are looking to configure a service's restart policy, refer to
[restart](https://github.com/compose-spec/compose-spec/blob/main/spec.md#restart)
or [restart_policy](https://github.com/compose-spec/compose-spec/blob/main/deploy.md#restart_policy).


## Options

| Option | Default | Description |
|--------|---------|-------------|
| `--no-deps` |  |  Don't restart dependent services |
| `-t`, `--timeout` |  |  Specify a shutdown timeout in seconds |