Docker bulk removal operations¶
Docker bulk removal operations utilize command-line substitutions and specific pruning subcommands to efficiently clean up unused or all system resources, such as containers, images, volumes, and networks.^[400-devops-03-containerization-readme.md]
Container and Image Removal¶
To forcefully remove all containers regardless of their state (running or stopped), the following command is used to identify and remove them by ID:^[400-devops-03-containerization-readme.md]
docker rm -f $(docker ps -a -q)
Similarly, all images can be removed from the local system by force using:^[400-devops-03-containerization-readme.md]
docker rmi -f $(docker images -q)
System Pruning¶
Docker provides specific commands to clean up unused resources that are not associated with active containers.
- Volumes: All unused volumes can be removed using the
volume prunecommand^[400-devops-03-containerization-readme.md]. - Networks: All unused networks can be removed using the
network prunecommand^[400-devops-03-containerization-readme.md].
Sources¶
^[400-devops-03-containerization-readme.md]