Single shell script to remove all containers, images and volumes used by containers. The script first tries to stop containers if there is any running, then remove the containers, followed by images removal and finally the container volumes.

clear-images.sh

#!/bin/bash
###########################################
#
# Simple Shell script to clean/remove all container/images
#
# The script will 
#  - first stop all running containers (if any),
#  - remove containers
#  - remove images
#  - remove volumes
#

# stop all running containers
echo '####################################################'
echo 'Stopping running containers (if available)...'
echo '####################################################'
docker stop $(docker ps -aq)

# remove all stopped containers
echo '####################################################'
echo 'Removing containers ..'
echo '####################################################'
docker rm $(docker ps -aq)


# remove all images
echo '####################################################'
echo 'Removing images ...'
echo '####################################################'
docker rmi $(docker images -q)

# remove all stray volumes if any
echo '####################################################'
echo 'Revoming docker container volumes (if any)'
echo '####################################################'
docker volume rm $(docker volume ls -q)

TY for this!

sweet. added -f after rmi.

TY for this!

Glad to be helpful

And adding to the end as an option: docker system prune -f
... would clear the docker internal networks too; maybe not needed by all users

Thank you for the script!

I have docker volume rm $(docker volume ls -f dangling=true -q) in a script. If I run it just in the shell and not in the script, it works as expected. when I run the script it gives me:

Any idea why it does not work in the script?

@fromage9747 docker volume ls -f dangling=true -q is returning nothing.

#!/bin/bash

Functions

stop_and_remove_containers() {
local pattern="$1"
if [ -z "$pattern" ]; then
containers=$(docker ps -a -q)
else
containers=$(docker ps -a | grep "$pattern" | awk '{print $1}')
fi

if [ -n "$containers" ]; then
echo "Stopping and removing containers..."
docker stop $containers
docker rm $containers
fi
}

remove_images() {
local pattern="$1"
if [ -z "$pattern" ]; then
images=$(docker images -a -q)
else
images=$(docker images -a | grep "$pattern" | awk '{print $3}')
fi

if [ -n "$images" ]; then
echo "Removing images..."
for image in $images; do
associated_containers=$(docker ps -a --filter=ancestor="$image" -q)
if [ -n "$associated_containers" ]; then
echo "Stopping and removing containers associated with image $image..."
docker stop $associated_containers
docker rm $associated_containers
fi
docker rmi "$image"
done
fi
}

Main script

echo "Cleaning up resources..."

Stop and remove containers based on a pattern

Leave the pattern empty to target all containers

stop_and_remove_containers "" # You can add a pattern, e.g., "my-container"

Remove images based on a pattern

Leave the pattern empty to target all images

remove_images "" # You can add a pattern, e.g., "my-image"

Remove dangling images

echo "Removing dangling images..."
docker image prune -f

Remove unused volumes

echo "Removing unused volumes..."
docker volume prune -f

Remove unused networks

echo "Removing unused networks..."
docker network prune -f

echo "All resources cleaned up successfully."