Managing images and containers in Docker can get messy. After a dozen or so `run` commands without specifying `–rm`, temporary containers can quickly build up and cause maintenance headaches. Broken builds can also accrue lots of images that are no longer used and just taking up space. While Docker’s management commands work very well, there are a few nagging use-cases that aren’t supported.
Remove all containers
docker ps -a | tr -s ' ' | cut -d ' ' -f 1 | tail -n+2 | xargs docker rm
Not to be used lightly, this will remove *all* containers that are running or stopped.
Remove running containers
docker ps | tr -s ' ' | cut -d ' ' -f 1 | tail -n+2 | xargs docker rm
Remove running containers with names starting with “ubuntu”
docker ps | tr -s ' ' | grep '^ubuntu' | cut -d ' ' -f 1 | tail -n+2 | xargs docker rm
Remove all images
docker images | tr -s ' ' | cut -d ' ' -f 3 | tail -n+2 | xargs docker rmi
Again, not to be used lightly, this will remove *all* images from Docker.
Remove all images starting with names starting with “ubuntu”
docker images | tr -s ' ' | grep '^ubuntu' | cut -d ' ' -f 3 | tail -n+2 | xargs docker rmi
— the behavior-driven marketing platform for developers.
Alexander
You can also shorten.
Remove all containers
docker rm `docker ps -aq`
or
docker ps -aq | xargs docker rm
Remove all images
docker images -q | xargs docker rmi