How To Delete/Remove A Docker Container
In Docker, Containers can be deleted using rm option similar to for stopping we use stop command. The following are the steps guiding how to delete a docker container.
Step 1: Firstly stop the container that you intended to delete using the steps discussed above section. Its is necessarily recommended to stop the running container before deleting them.
- If you tried deleting a running container without stopping it first, It raises the error while deleting it. The command to stop the container is as follows:
docker stop myc1
- Here We are stopping the container named with mycontainer1.
Step 2: Remove A Container By Name
- Now Use the following command to delete that stop container named mycontainer1:
docker rm myc1
- In this screenshot you can see that after execution of above command, it prints the deleted container name.
Step 3: Listing All The Docker Containers
- Verify the containers by listing all to see whether that container is deleted or not. Use the following command to verify:
docker ps -a
- This below screenshots shown after deletion of the container “myc1″ it is removed from the list of containers successfully.
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