Docker rm unable to remove all containers

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I am trying to remove all stopped containers to free up some space on an AWS Ubuntu server that I am using. Docker documentation says to use docker rm $(docker ps -a -q) : https://docs.docker.com/engine/reference/commandline/rm/#remove-all-stopped-containers

However, I am getting the error below:

"docker rm" requires at least 1 argument.
See 'docker rm --help'.

Usage:  docker rm [OPTIONS] CONTAINER [CONTAINER...]

Remove one or more containers

Any suggestions?

Adding sudo in front doesn't help. I am able to remove individual containers using docker rm 343e43ac4e86, but I don't want to spend a lot of time trying to figure out which containers are from older releases and removing them one by one.

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2 Answers

I think you could also try docker ps -aq | xargs docker rm if the substitution doesn't work out.

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Please use these command in your terminal:

   docker stop $(docker ps -aq)
   docker rm $(docker ps -aq)
   docker network prune -f
   docker rmi -f $(docker images --filter dangling=true -qa)
   docker volume rm $(docker volume ls --filter dangling=true -q)
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