How To Stop and Remove All Docker Containers

Select All Docker Containers

When stopping/removing all containers, you have to select them within a stop or rm command.

${docker container ls -aq}

• ls - list all
• a - include all, (not just running)
• q - quiet, only display numeric IDs

Stop All Docker Containers

We need to use the stop command in combination with the select command above.

docker container stop $(docker container ls -aq)

Remove All Docker Containers

Same as above, we need to use the rm command in combination with the select command.

docker container rm $(docker container ls -aq)