Unable to delete docker images

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I'm newby in Devops culture and also eager to learn and use but I get stuck every time when i try something new and now i can't delete images. It says; it's being used by running container, stop it and then.....

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Dashrath Mundkar · Accepted Answer · 2020-07-24T13:57:17.737

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Get running containers

docker ps

Get all running and stopped container

docker ps -a

Stop single container

docker stop <container_id>

Stop all containers

docker stop $(docker ps -aq)

Remove single container

docker rm <container_id>

Remove all containers

docker rm $(docker ps -aq)

Remove single image

docker rmi <image_id>

Remove all images

docker rmi $(docker images -q)

Remove everything from Docker host machine(use with caution because will delete everything like images, containers,networks etc)

docker system prune

edited Jul 24 '20 at 13:57

answered Jul 24 '20 at 13:32

Dashrath Mundkar

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"docker rm" requires at least 1 argument. See 'docker rm --help'. Usage: docker rm [OPTIONS] CONTAINER [CONTAINER...] Remove one or more containers – yunus emre görmüş Jul 24 '20 at 13:34
@yunusemregörmüş I have updated my answer will work now – Dashrath Mundkar Jul 24 '20 at 13:34
Error response from daemon: conflict: unable to delete e704287ce753 (cannot be forced) - image is being used by running container f01123318760 Error response from daemon: conflict: unable to delete 79da37e5a3aa (cannot be forced) - image is being used by running container 6d526abd025d Error response from daemon: conflict: unable to delete fc838b21afbb (cannot be forced) - image is being used by running container cf8ccd96d231 Error response from daemon: conflict: unable to delete 0ee1b8a3ebe0 (cannot be f-*** – yunus emre görmüş Jul 24 '20 at 13:38
@yunusemregörmüş try above commands it's working on my local. try again should definitely work – Dashrath Mundkar Jul 24 '20 at 13:43
i am struggling about one week. Nothing changed about simple commands – yunus emre görmüş Jul 24 '20 at 13:47

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 24 '20 at 13:54

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You can just force remove the image even when there is a container that is still using it, if you don't mind doing that.

docker image rm <image-name> --force

Best way to delete all stopped containers is

docker container prune

As for the running containers, you should be able to list them with

docker container ls

add (--all) to see all (running/stopped) containers

docker container ls --all

answered Jul 24 '20 at 13:54

Matus Dubrava

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Everything seems fine with that screenshot, do you see any problem with it? – Matus Dubrava Jul 24 '20 at 14:03
And as I can see, it also deleted one container, wasn't it the one that was causing you the issue? – Matus Dubrava Jul 24 '20 at 14:05
Those are system images used by kubernetes itself, you can't and should't remove them if you don't want to break your kubernetes/docker runtime. – Matus Dubrava Jul 24 '20 at 14:20
thank you ! i guess that was the answer i was looking for. – yunus emre görmüş Jul 24 '20 at 14:22

score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Jul 24 '20 at 13:26

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Use docker ps -a to list all your running containers. You will find the ones still running. Stop them by using docker stop NAMEOFTHECONTAINER and remove them with docker rm NAMEOFTHECONTAINER.

answered Jul 24 '20 at 13:26

Michée Lengronne

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There is no container displayed :( Did you see the first Screenshot.. Already doesn't exist at all and so i can't find the problematic – yunus emre görmüş Jul 24 '20 at 13:30
You can try to force deleting them. Check this post https://stackoverflow.com/questions/51188657/image-is-being-used-by-stopped-container/51189605 – Michée Lengronne Jul 24 '20 at 13:35

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