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Prune unused Docker objects

Imagges

clean up unused images

docker image prune

To remove all images which aren't used by existing containers

docker image prune -a

Containers

remove all stopped containers

docker container prune

only removes stopped containers older than 24 hours

docker container prune --filter "until=24h"

Volumes

remove all volumes not used by at least one container

docker volume prune

only removes volumes which aren't labelled with the keep label

docker volume prune --filter "label!=keep"

Networks

remove all networks not used by at least one container

docker network prune

only removes networks older than 24 hours

docker network prune --filter "until=24h"

Prune everything.

This will remove:

  • all stopped containers
  • all networks not used by at least one container
  • all volumes not used by at least one container
  • all dangling images
  • unused build cache
docker system prune --volumes
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