| # unpause | |
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| Unpause all processes within one or more containers | |
| ### Aliases | |
| `docker container unpause`, `docker unpause` | |
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| ## Description | |
| The `docker unpause` command un-suspends all processes in the specified containers. | |
| On Linux, it does this using the freezer cgroup. | |
| See the | |
| [freezer cgroup documentation](https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/cgroup-v1/freezer-subsystem.txt) | |
| for further details. | |
| ## Examples | |
| ```console | |
| $ docker unpause my_container | |
| my_container | |
| ``` | |
| ## Related commands | |
| * [pause](pause.md) |