Docker How To Stop All Containers

Often times, after a lot of testing, your system can get a bit messy. Cleaning up docker containers one by one can be tedious. Fortunately, this can be done all at once with a single combined command.

To stop all docker containers use this command:

docker stop $(docker ps -a -q)

To remove/delete all containers use this command:

docker rm $(docker ps -a -q)

This command shows the id for every docker container on a system:

docker ps -a -q

-a	all containers, even stopped
-q	only show id, works as a parameter

You can also remove all images with the following:

docker rmi $( docker images -q )