DOCKER-COMPOSE-RM(1)

📦 version 2.26.1, in debian trixie

💅 docker-compose-rm — bestie edition ✨

okay so the manual name is docker-compose-rm and it lives in the docker-compose-rm(1) section, if you were wondering 🎀

🌸 NAME 🌸

docker-compose-rm — removes stopped service containers. yes, the actual name of the game. it takes out the trash 🗑️✨

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

docker compose rm [OPTIONS] [SERVICE...]

that's it. that's the whole vibe. options optional, services optional, chaos optional 💀

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

So. Removes stopped service containers. That's the whole job, and she does it well 👑

By default, anonymous volumes attached to containers are not removed. You can override this with -v. And if you wanna list all volumes, use docker volume ls. iykyk 🫶

⚠️ Any data which is not in a volume is lost. Like, gone gone. not "in the recycle bin" gone. LOST. no cap, please be careful 😭

Running the command with no options also removes one-off containers created by docker compose run:

$ docker compose rm
Going to remove djangoquickstart_web_run_1
Are you sure? [yN] y
Removing djangoquickstart_web_run_1 ... done

look at her go, so efficient, so demure, so mindful 🧚

✨ OPTIONS ✨

  • -f, --force[=false] — don't ask to confirm removal. she just does it. no questions, no hesitation, main character energy 💅
  • -h, --help[=false] — help for rm. your little emotional support flag 🥺
  • -s, --stop[=false] — stop the containers, if required, before removing. like, she'll tuck them in first before yeeting them 🌈
  • -v, --volumes[=false] — remove any anonymous volumes attached to containers. the override for that default behavior we mentioned up top 👆

👑 OPTIONS INHERITED FROM PARENT COMMANDS 👑

  • --dry-run[=false] — execute command in dry run mode. a little rehearsal, a little dress rehearsal, nothing actually happens 🎀

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

kay so that's the whole page, you ate that, go forth and clean up your stopped containers responsibly bestie 💜

this lil masterpiece is from Mar 2025, filed under DOCKER-COMPOSE-RM(1) — mwah, periodt 💅✨

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