# 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

```console
$ 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) {#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"`).

When multiple filters are provided, they are combined as follows:

- Multiple filters with **different keys** are combined using AND logic.
  A container must satisfy all filter conditions to be pruned.
- Multiple filters with the **same key** are combined using OR logic.
  A container is pruned if it matches any of the values for that key.

For example, `--filter "label=foo" --filter "until=24h"` prunes containers
that have the `foo` label **and** were created more than 24 hours ago.
Conversely, `--filter "label=foo" --filter "label=bar"` prunes containers
that have **either** the `foo` **or** `bar` label.

The currently supported filters are:

* until (`<timestamp>`) - only remove containers created before given timestamp
* label (`label=<key>`, `label=<key>=<value>`, `label!=<key>`, or `label!=<key>=<value>`) - only remove containers with (or without, in case `label!=...` is used) the specified labels.

The `until` filter can be Unix timestamps, date formatted
timestamps, or Go duration strings supported by [ParseDuration](https://pkg.go.dev/time#ParseDuration) (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:

```console
$ 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`:

```console
$ 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
```