Uninstall Docker on Linux: Complete Guide

1 year ago
Benjamin Taylor
1 minute

To uninstall Docker on a Linux system, you can follow the steps below:

  1. Stop the Docker service.
sudo systemctl stop docker
  1. Uninstall the Docker package.
sudo apt-get purge docker-ce docker-ce-cli containerd.io
  1. Delete Docker data files.
sudo rm -rf /var/lib/docker
  1. Delete the Docker configuration file.
sudo rm -rf /etc/docker
  1. Remove Docker log files.
sudo rm -rf /var/log/docker
  1. Remove Docker images, containers, volumes, and other data.
sudo rm -rf /var/lib/docker

Please note that the above steps may delete your Docker data, so make sure to back up your important data before proceeding.

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