| # container prune | |
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| Remove all stopped containers | |
| ### Options | |
| | Name | Type | Default | Description | | |
| |:----------------------|:---------|:--------|:-------------------------------------------------| | |
| | [`--filter`](#filter) | `filter` | | Provide filter values (e.g. `until=<timestamp>`) | | |
| | `-f`, `--force` | `bool` | | Do not prompt for confirmation | | |
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| ## Description | |
| Removes all stopped containers. | |
| ## 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 | |
| ``` | |
| ### <a name="filter"></a> 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"`). | |
| 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 | |
| ``` | |
| ## Related commands | |
| * [system df](system_df.md) | |
| * [volume prune](volume_prune.md) | |
| * [image prune](image_prune.md) | |
| * [network prune](network_prune.md) | |
| * [system prune](system_prune.md) |