docker container rm -f: Stop and remove the container

When you try to remove a running container using ‘container rm’ command, you will get an error like ‘You cannot remove a running container’.

$docker container ls
CONTAINER ID        IMAGE               COMMAND                  CREATED             STATUS              PORTS               NAMES
c468cd633430        jboss/wildfly       "/opt/jboss/wildfly/…"   2 minutes ago       Up 2 minutes        8080/tcp            myWebApplication
$
$docker container rm c468cd633430
Error response from daemon: You cannot remove a running container c468cd6334304c292ac15aacc77ff6476d9ef7cef6cbea570be6fb381fd720f2. Stop the container before attempting removal or force remove

Either you can stop the container and delete or use ‘rm -f’ to delete the running container.

$docker container ls
CONTAINER ID        IMAGE               COMMAND                  CREATED             STATUS              PORTS               NAMES
c468cd633430        jboss/wildfly       "/opt/jboss/wildfly/…"   3 minutes ago       Up 3 minutes        8080/tcp            myWebApplication
$
$docker container rm -f c468cd633430
c468cd633430
$
$docker container ls
CONTAINER ID        IMAGE               COMMAND             CREATED             STATUS              PORTS               NAMES
$
$docker container ls -a
CONTAINER ID        IMAGE               COMMAND             CREATED             STATUS              PORTS               NAMES
$

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