Stop the container before attempting removal or force remove If we try to remove any running container (status – UP) using docker rm command, then it will through error like this,Įrror response from daemon: You cannot remove a running container 1a600547f8f52a57d03f04667b9e8497bf5d2d37b85696b16918ca1187831e0e. Let’s remove the recently stopped container by container ID i.e.Īlternatively to remove the container we can pass the container name too i.e.īoth the above commands will remove the container with ID d857536373e3 from our docker engine. It will remove the one or more stopped containers based on IDs or Names provided. Now to remove the container completely from the system we need to use docker rm command i.e.
How to removed the stopped / Exited docker container ? In the first line we can see the status of container with ID d857536373e3 is ‘ Exited‘. Let’s fetch the list of all containers to check the status of stopped container i.e.ĭ857536373e3 centos "/bin/bash" 34 minutes ago Exited (137) 1 minutes ago musing_boseĤ622f48ceaed ubuntu "/bin/bash" 34 minutes ago Exited (0) 34 minutes ago hungry_hofstadterĮcc42527bba4 ubuntu "/bin/bash" 35 minutes ago Exited (0) 35 minutes ago sharp_kapitsaĦf5190548f7a centos "/bin/bash" 35 minutes ago Exited (0) 35 minutes ago loving_cocksĦ708084317a1 centos "/bin/bash" 35 minutes ago Exited (0) 35 minutes ago jovial_diffieĪf70224e7cc5 centos "/bin/bash" 35 minutes ago Exited (0) 35 minutes ago objective_haibtġ21ba587209b centos "/bin/bash" 35 minutes ago Exited (0) 35 minutes ago flamboyant_nobel It still exists in system and its status is ‘ Exited‘. Now let’s stop the above mentioned running container by container ID i.e.Īlternatively to stop the container we can pass the container name too i.e.īoth the above commands will stop the running container, but container is not removed from the system yet. To stop a running container we need to pass the container id or name to stop command i.e. Suppose we have a running container whose Status is ‘UP’ i.eĬONTAINER ID IMAGE COMMAND CREATED STATUS PORTS NAMESĭ857536373e3 centos "/bin/bash" 3 minutes ago Up 3 minutes musing_bose To completely remove a running container, first we have to stop it and then remove it. In this article we will discuss how to stop and remove a running container by filtering on ID and Name.