Docker unable to delete images

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I have some docker images on my machine (macOS) which I am trying to delete. When I run

docker rmi 4873874c08ef

I get the following error :

Error response from daemon: conflict: unable to delete 4873874c08ef (cannot be forced) - image is being used by running container 1a0a55a6a684

But when I search for the list of containers using docker ps -a, I see no containers. Trying to force delete also returns the same error. How do I delete the images here?

docker rmi -f 4873874c08ef
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1 Answers

You have to delete container first.
You can list all container by: docker ls -a.
Probably container 1a0a55a6a684 will be on the list.
Delete it by: docker rm 1a0a55a6a684 and then docker rmi 4873874c08ef

quentino0
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