Docker - Cannot remove dead container

Question

I’m unable to remove dead docker containers.

I try to remove them using the following command

docker rm -f 11667ef16239

Its temporarily gone but when I restart the docker, it reappears

Answer 1

Try to unmount these blocked filesystems to release them

You might come across the following error

Error response from daemon: Cannot destroy container elated_wozniak: Driver devicemapper failed to remove root filesystem 656cfd09aee399c8ae8c8d3e735fe48d70be6672773616e15579c8de18e2a3b3: Device is Busy

Run the following command

umount /var/lib/docker/devicemapper/mnt/656cfd09aee399c8ae8c8d3e735fe48d70be6672773616e15579c8de18e2a3b3

and you can normally remove container after that using the following syntax

docker rm [OPTIONS] CONTAINER [CONTAINER...]

Comments

what can i do on windows?

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If you are getting the same issue then try the above solution. Docker commands are the same on the windows system also.