Quick tips on removing failed Docker container and images

Stephen Cow Chau

Feb 4, 2021

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Remove docker containers that’s exited

Old way

docker rm $(docker ps -a -f “status=exited” -q)

New way

docker container prune

Remove docker images that’s dangling

Old way

docker rmi $(docker images --filter "dangling=true" -q --no-trunc)

New way

docker image prune

Reference

docker ps

List containers For example uses of this command, refer to the examples section below. Running docker ps --no-trunc…

docs.docker.com

Prune unused Docker objects

Docker takes a conservative approach to cleaning up unused objects (often referred to as "garbage collection"), such as…

docs.docker.com

Written by Stephen Cow Chau

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