docker-compose down

docker-compose down stops and removes containers, networks by default, using --volumes you can also delete volumes, and using --rmi you can delete images created by docker-compose up

• https://docs.docker.com/compose/reference/down/

By default, the only things removed are:

• Containers for services defined in the Compose file
• Networks defined in the networks section of the Compose file
• The default network, if one is used
• Networks and volumes defined as external are never removed.

Examples

docker-compose down
(no output)

• docker-compose down --volumes

-v, --volumes remove named volumes declared in the `volumes` section of the Compose file and anonymous volumes attached to containers.

• docker-compose down --remove-orphans

• docker-compose down && docker-compose build --pull && docker-compose up -d

• docker-compose down --volumes --rmi all

• docker-compose down --help

Examples

• docker-compose -volumes down SERVICE_NAME
• docker-compose version 1.23.2, build 1110ad01

docker-compose down
Stopping service1   ... done
Stopping service2 ... done
Removing service1   ... done
Removing service2 ... done
Removing network your_network

docker-compose down
ERROR:
       Can't find a suitable configuration file in this directory or any
       parent. Are you in the right directory?

       Supported filenames: docker-compose.yml, docker-compose.yaml

Activities

• Take down a service: docker compose up service -d

Related commands

• docker-compose: [ start | stop | restart | pull | up | down | ps ]
• docker-compose up SERVICE

See also

• docker-compose, docker-compose.yml: [services | volumes | networks | up | down | restart | logs | create | changelog | version | secrets | config | -v | -h | exec], docker-compose pull, Environment:, Docker-compose.yml examples, .env, release notes, expose:, docker-compose --env-file, services.deploy.resources