Removes stopped containers to reclaim disk space. The command outputs the amount of space freed after deletion.
Usage
container prune [--debug]
Options
Examples
# Remove all stopped containers
container prune
Behavior
This command will:
- Remove all containers that are not currently running
- Display the amount of disk space reclaimed
- Preserve all running containers
This operation cannot be undone. Make sure you don’t need any stopped containers before running this command.
Regularly running container prune helps keep your system clean and frees up disk space.