How to uninstall Docker Machine under Windows 10

I didn’t found any solution to remove Docker Machine from my Windows 10 Edu, but documentation for Docker Machine on Windows is very rare.

I’m a newbie on Powershell so maybe there is a simple command that I didn’t found.

If you need more information, I can give it on working days only.

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go to C:\Program Files\Docker , by opening cmd as administrator.

run takeown /R /F *

run ICACLS * /T /Q /C /RESET ,

** don’t run in Program files folder, otherwise you will go to bootloop after restart, go to Docker folder first.

Create the small file with following content and saved with extension .ps1 in Program files folder, and right click on it and Run with Powershell .

You can uninstall docker by simply disabling it from startup app in the task manager. After disabaling it just reboot your system and uninstall it from control panel.

Yeah . if Docker was installed through a normal process then it should appear in your Control Panel > Programs > Programs and Features and should allow you to uninstall it.

If you were the user to install it, then you should be able to uninstall it, otherwise you might need administrator access to do it.

EDIT Okay so if you want to remove the image itself, first run «docker images» and then «docker rmi [image_id]».

If you want to remove the container first run «docker ps -a» to get a list of running containers. If your container is in the list run «docker stop [container_id]». If your container is stopped or not running than run «docker rm [container_id]».

How To Remove Docker Images, Containers, and Volumes

Last Validated on August 6, 2020 Originally Published on November 17, 2016

A Docker Cheat Sheet

Introduction

Docker makes it easy to wrap your applications and services in containers so you can run them anywhere. As you work with Docker, however, it’s also easy to accumulate an excessive number of unused images, containers, and data volumes that clutter the output and consume disk space.

Docker gives you all the tools you need to clean up your system from the command line. This cheat sheet-style guide provides a quick reference to commands that are useful for freeing disk space and keeping your system organized by removing unused Docker images, containers, and volumes.

How to Use This Guide:

• This guide is in cheat sheet format with self-contained command-line snippets
• Jump to any section that is relevant to the task you are trying to complete.

The command substitution syntax, command $( command ) , used in the commands is available in many popular shells such as bash, zsh, and Windows Powershell.

Purging All Unused or Dangling Images, Containers, Volumes, and Networks

Docker provides a single command that will clean up any resources — images, containers, volumes, and networks — that are dangling (not associated with a container):

To additionally remove any stopped containers and all unused images (not just dangling images), add the -a flag to the command:

Removing Docker Images

Remove one or more specific images

Use the docker images command with the -a flag to locate the ID of the images you want to remove. This will show you every image, including intermediate image layers. When you’ve located the images you want to delete, you can pass their ID or tag to docker rmi :

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Remove dangling images

Docker images consist of multiple layers. Dangling images are layers that have no relationship to any tagged images. They no longer serve a purpose and consume disk space. They can be located by adding the filter flag, -f with a value of dangling=true to the docker images command. When you’re sure you want to delete them, you can use the docker image prune command:

Note: If you build an image without tagging it, the image will appear on the list of dangling images because it has no association with a tagged image. You can avoid this situation by providing a tag when you build, and you can retroactively tag an images with the docker tag command.

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Removing images according to a pattern

You can find all the images that match a pattern using a combination of docker images and grep . Once you’re satisfied, you can delete them by using awk to pass the IDs to docker rmi . Note that these utilities are not supplied by Docker and are not necessarily available on all systems:

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Remove all images

All the Docker images on a system can be listed by adding -a to the docker images command. Once you’re sure you want to delete them all, you can add the -q flag to pass the Image ID to docker rmi :

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Removing Containers

Remove one or more specific containers

Use the docker ps command with the -a flag to locate the name or ID of the containers you want to remove:

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Remove a container upon exit

If you know when you’re creating a container that you won’t want to keep it around once you’re done, you can run docker run —rm to automatically delete it when it exits.

Run and Remove:

Remove all exited containers

You can locate containers using docker ps -a and filter them by their status: created, restarting, running, paused, or exited. To review the list of exited containers, use the -f flag to filter based on status. When you’ve verified you want to remove those containers, using -q to pass the IDs to the docker rm command.

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Remove containers using more than one filter

Docker filters can be combined by repeating the filter flag with an additional value. This results in a list of containers that meet either condition. For example, if you want to delete all containers marked as either Created (a state which can result when you run a container with an invalid command) or Exited, you can use two filters:

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Remove:

Remove containers according to a pattern

You can find all the containers that match a pattern using a combination of docker ps and grep. When you’re satisfied that you have the list you want to delete, you can use awk and xargs to supply the ID to docker rm . Note that these utilities are not supplied by Docker and not necessarily available on all systems:

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Stop and remove all containers

You can review the containers on your system with docker ps . Adding the -a flag will show all containers. When you’re sure you want to delete them, you can add the -q flag to supply the IDs to the docker stop and docker rm commands:

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Removing Volumes

Remove one or more specific volumes — Docker 1.9 and later

Use the docker volume ls command to locate the volume name or names you wish to delete. Then you can remove one or more volumes with the docker volume rm command:

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Remove dangling volumes — Docker 1.9 and later

Since the point of volumes is to exist independent from containers, when a container is removed, a volume is not automatically removed at the same time. When a volume exists and is no longer connected to any containers, it’s called a dangling volume. To locate them to confirm you want to remove them, you can use the docker volume ls command with a filter to limit the results to dangling volumes. When you’re satisfied with the list, you can remove them all with docker volume prune :

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Remove a container and its volume

If you created an unnamed volume, it can be deleted at the same time as the container with the -v flag. Note that this only works with unnamed volumes. When the container is successfully removed, its ID is displayed. Note that no reference is made to the removal of the volume. If it is unnamed, it is silently removed from the system. If it is named, it silently stays present.

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Conclusion

This guide covers some of the common commands used to remove images, containers, and volumes with Docker. There are many other combinations and flags that can be used with each. For a comprehensive guide to what’s available, see the Docker documentation for docker system prune , docker rmi , docker rm and docker volume rm . If there are common cleanup tasks you’d like to see in the guide, please ask or make suggestions in the comments.

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evil-shrike commented Nov 29, 2017

I had some old version of Docker on my machine. When I run Uninstaller it prompted for some temp missing msi (like tmp7.msi) and as it couldn’t find it uninstalling didn’t work.

A new version (latest 17.09.0-ce-win33) installer detects an installed Docker and prompts to replace it. But it means it just run uninstaller which fails. So the new version installer also fails (Installation canceled).

I tried to remove manaully everything related to Docker on machine. I searched through the machine registry and remove all keys that had «Docker» in its name.

Then I removed all folders related to Docker that I found («docker» and «.docker»).

But the new installer still won’t install and continues detecting an installed version. Whether I answer Yes/No to its question «Do you want to replace you current version of Docker for Windows with this new one 17.09.0-ce-win33 (13620)?» the installer canceled and won’t proceed.

So I’m simple unable to install a Docker on the machine.

What else should I remove/delete to completely remove Docker from my machine?

Is there any way to force the installer to install?

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jasonbivins commented Nov 29, 2017

Hi @evil-shrike There are a couple of things you can try —
the easiest would be to look in the registry for the uninstall value and remove it. Look for anything that mentions Docker here:
Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall

If that doesn’t help, you can download the MSI version of the installer, and use the Repair or Uninstall flags — https://download.docker.com/win/stable/InstallDocker.msi
installdocker.msi -uninstall

evil-shrike commented Nov 29, 2017

Look for anything that mentions Docker here:
Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall

There’s nothing there as I removed everything in registry related to «Docker» trying to clean up my system. As so uninstalling also doesn’t work.

I run normal install with msi-installer from https://download.docker.com/win/stable/InstallDocker.msi
But it silently fails.
I added logging: msiexec /i InstallDocker.msi /li log.txt
And here’s the log — https://gist.github.com/evil-shrike/f36c36388059cf5cf6eefb734303f1d0

evil-shrike commented Nov 29, 2017

This is the most meaningful records in the log that I found:

So it seems that installer tries to download something (as «CAQuietExec: Download failed» )?
I tried to capture traffic with Fiddler and didn’t see anything from msiexec.