Cheat sheet

The following are some of the ways to remove docker images/containers:

Remove single image

docker rmi image_name:version/image-id

Remove all images

docker rmi $(docker images -qf "dangling=true")

Kill containers and remove them:

docker rm $(docker kill $(docker ps -aq))

Note: Replace kill with stop for graceful shutdown

Remove all images except "my-image"

Use grep to remove all except my-image and ubuntu

docker rmi $(docker images | grep -v 'ubuntu\|my-image' | awk {'print $3'})

Or (without awk)

docker rmi $(docker images --quiet | grep -v $(docker images --quiet ubuntu:my-image))




Delete all docker containers

docker rm $(docker ps -a -q)

Delete all docker images

docker rmi $(docker images -q)

Removing Containers


To remove specific container
docker rm CONTAINER_ID CONTAINER_ID



For single image
docker rm  70c0e19168cf



For multiple images
docker rm  70c0e19168cf c2ce80b62174 





Remove exited containers
docker ps -a -f status=exited



Remove all the containers
docker ps -q -a | xargs docker rm









Removing Images
docker rmi IMAGE_ID



Remove specific images


for single image
docker rmi ubuntu



for multiple images
docker rmi ubuntu alpine





Remove dangling images 
Dangling images are layers that have no relationship to any tagged images as the Docker images are constituted of multiple images.
docker rmi -f $(docker images -f dangling=true -q)



Remove all Docker images
docker rmi -f $(docker images -a -q)









Removing Volumes

To list volumes run docker volume ls


Remove a specific volume
docker volume rm VOLUME_NAME



Remove dangling volumes
docker volume rm $(docker volume ls -f dangling=true -q)



Remove a container and its volumes
docker rm -v CONTAINER_NAME