How to Force Clean Docker and Start Fresh (Also Free Up Disk Space)
Docker is a powerful tool for building, deploying, and running applications in a containerized environment. However, over time, your Docker instance can accumulate a lot of unused images, containers, and other artifacts, which can take up a significant amount of disk space on your system. In this small tutorial, we’ll show you how to force clean Docker, start fresh, and reclaim that space.
Please be sure to proceed with caution since it will clean up everything in your docker instance. Everything! So, if there is anything important in your docker, don’t proceed.
Before you can clean up your Docker instance, get a summary of your Docker Instance.
2. Now let’s remove all the containers. (Including running, stopping, and corrupting. All of them!)
3. Next, we will remove all the volumes attached to the containers.
4. Now, we will remove all the images. All of them!
5. The following command will clean any cache left over.
6. Congratulations! Your Docker is completely cleaned up and ready for a fresh start. Run the command below and feast your eyes.
Have a good one! Cheers!