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Freeing space with Docker
Docker’s been eating most of my disk space. Here’s how I reclaimed it.
The docker system prune command can remove unused Docker artifacts.
# Remove containers, images, etc not used# in the last 240 hoursdocker system prune --filter --until=240h# Remove unused volumesdocker volume pruneHow does it work?
Delete unused things using docker system prune --filter until=240h. This will remove old containers, images, cache files and networks.
$ docker system prune --filter until=240h
WARNING! This will remove: - all stopped containers - all networks not used by at least one container - all dangling images - all dangling build cache - Elements to be pruned will be filtered with: - label={"until":{"240h":true}} Are you sure you want to continue? [y/N] y
Deleted Images: deleted: sha256:8799b139678a109a9c3e34e6e14d222a781b5dc10ec57e9f3270aab7ab873bce deleted: sha256:28aba4f5dbd168981da679fc70c388c3c40f1919521652dfc4854f3d5cd992f3 deleted: sha256:1c90d90cbeacaa6176b7ea0ac93c07441e75ddbaa25a05696736fc3c18387f3d deleted: sha256:5c61153197a71fa5f230895d13510c9bc2e486ecfddd92b210d16d80827da766 deleted: sha256:0f50ceabe764c2e2835bb86bc8c62e41ca554975f775291cd62f0eab5d9c87a0 deleted: sha256:08f48b0f1516c9f92ecd3fbe638969302efeb7076f857d6b7ac85566d3eda51d deleted: sha256:be1a87a5b74fd86f118cb68450acffd70bad442d5f41854a641405286b8ded96
Total reclaimed space: 197.1MBBonus: Delete unused volumes
Now that you’ve deleted some containers, you may want to delete their associated volumes as well with docker volume prune.
$ docker volume prune
WARNING! This will remove all local volumes not used by at least one container. Are you sure you want to continue? [y/N] y
Deleted Volumes: flipstack_node_modules flipstack_pgdata ticketbase_build ticketbase_db ...
Total reclaimed space: 970.6MBI am a web developer helping make the world a better place through JavaScript, Ruby, and UI design. I write articles like these often. If you'd like to stay in touch, subscribe to my list.