github.com/flavio/docker@v0.1.3-0.20170117145210-f63d1a6eec47/docs/reference/commandline/container_prune.md (about) 1 --- 2 title: "container prune" 3 description: "Remove all stopped containers" 4 keywords: container, prune, delete, remove 5 --- 6 7 <!-- This file is maintained within the docker/docker Github 8 repository at https://github.com/docker/docker/. Make all 9 pull requests against that repo. If you see this file in 10 another repository, consider it read-only there, as it will 11 periodically be overwritten by the definitive file. Pull 12 requests which include edits to this file in other repositories 13 will be rejected. 14 --> 15 16 # container prune 17 18 ```markdown 19 Usage: docker container prune [OPTIONS] 20 21 Remove all stopped containers 22 23 Options: 24 Options: 25 --filter filter Provide filter values (e.g. 'until=<timestamp>') 26 -f, --force Do not prompt for confirmation 27 --help Print usage 28 ``` 29 30 ## Examples 31 32 ```bash 33 $ docker container prune 34 WARNING! This will remove all stopped containers. 35 Are you sure you want to continue? [y/N] y 36 Deleted Containers: 37 4a7f7eebae0f63178aff7eb0aa39cd3f0627a203ab2df258c1a00b456cf20063 38 f98f9c2aa1eaf727e4ec9c0283bc7d4aa4762fbdba7f26191f26c97f64090360 39 40 Total reclaimed space: 212 B 41 ``` 42 43 ## Filtering 44 45 The filtering flag (`-f` or `--filter`) format is of "key=value". If there is more 46 than one filter, then pass multiple flags (e.g., `--filter "foo=bar" --filter "bif=baz"`) 47 48 The currently supported filters are: 49 50 * until (`<timestamp>`) - only remove containers created before given timestamp 51 52 The `until` filter can be Unix timestamps, date formatted 53 timestamps, or Go duration strings (e.g. `10m`, `1h30m`) computed 54 relative to the daemon machine’s time. Supported formats for date 55 formatted time stamps include RFC3339Nano, RFC3339, `2006-01-02T15:04:05`, 56 `2006-01-02T15:04:05.999999999`, `2006-01-02Z07:00`, and `2006-01-02`. The local 57 timezone on the daemon will be used if you do not provide either a `Z` or a 58 `+-00:00` timezone offset at the end of the timestamp. When providing Unix 59 timestamps enter seconds[.nanoseconds], where seconds is the number of seconds 60 that have elapsed since January 1, 1970 (midnight UTC/GMT), not counting leap 61 seconds (aka Unix epoch or Unix time), and the optional .nanoseconds field is a 62 fraction of a second no more than nine digits long. 63 64 The following removes containers created more than 5 minutes ago: 65 ```bash 66 $ docker ps -a --format 'table {{.ID}}\t{{.Image}}\t{{.Command}}\t{{.CreatedAt}}\t{{.Status}}' 67 CONTAINER ID IMAGE COMMAND CREATED AT STATUS 68 61b9efa71024 busybox "sh" 2017-01-04 13:23:33 -0800 PST Exited (0) 41 seconds ago 69 53a9bc23a516 busybox "sh" 2017-01-04 13:11:59 -0800 PST Exited (0) 12 minutes ago 70 71 $ docker container prune --force --filter "until=5m" 72 Deleted Containers: 73 53a9bc23a5168b6caa2bfbefddf1b30f93c7ad57f3dec271fd32707497cb9369 74 75 Total reclaimed space: 25 B 76 77 $ docker ps -a --format 'table {{.ID}}\t{{.Image}}\t{{.Command}}\t{{.CreatedAt}}\t{{.Status}}' 78 CONTAINER ID IMAGE COMMAND CREATED AT STATUS 79 61b9efa71024 busybox "sh" 2017-01-04 13:23:33 -0800 PST Exited (0) 44 seconds ago 80 ``` 81 82 The following removes containers created before `2017-01-04T13:10:00`: 83 ```bash 84 $ docker ps -a --format 'table {{.ID}}\t{{.Image}}\t{{.Command}}\t{{.CreatedAt}}\t{{.Status}}' 85 CONTAINER ID IMAGE COMMAND CREATED AT STATUS 86 53a9bc23a516 busybox "sh" 2017-01-04 13:11:59 -0800 PST Exited (0) 7 minutes ago 87 4a75091a6d61 busybox "sh" 2017-01-04 13:09:53 -0800 PST Exited (0) 9 minutes ago 88 89 $ docker container prune --force --filter "until=2017-01-04T13:10:00" 90 Deleted Containers: 91 4a75091a6d618526fcd8b33ccd6e5928ca2a64415466f768a6180004b0c72c6c 92 93 Total reclaimed space: 27 B 94 95 $ docker ps -a --format 'table {{.ID}}\t{{.Image}}\t{{.Command}}\t{{.CreatedAt}}\t{{.Status}}' 96 CONTAINER ID IMAGE COMMAND CREATED AT STATUS 97 53a9bc23a516 busybox "sh" 2017-01-04 13:11:59 -0800 PST Exited (0) 9 minutes ago 98 ``` 99 100 ## Related information 101 102 * [system df](system_df.md) 103 * [volume prune](volume_prune.md) 104 * [image prune](image_prune.md) 105 * [network prune](network_prune.md) 106 * [system prune](system_prune.md)