docker network prune

docker network prune

Remove all unused networks

Usage

$

docker network prune

[

OPTIONS]

Refer to the options section for an overview of available OPTIONS for this command.

Description

Remove all unused networks. Unused networks are those which are not referenced
by any containers.

For example uses of this command, refer to the examples section below.

Options

Name, shorthand
Default
Description

--filter

Provide filter values (e.g. until=<timestamp>)

--force , -f

Do not prompt for confirmation

Examples

$

docker network prune

WARNING! This will remove all custom networks not used by at least one container. Are you sure you want to continue? [y/N] y Deleted Networks: n1 n2

Filtering (–filter)

The filtering flag (--filter) format is of “key=value”. If there is more
than one filter, then pass multiple flags (e.g., --filter "foo=bar" --filter "bif=baz")

The currently supported filters are:

  • until (<timestamp>) – only remove networks created before given timestamp
  • label (label=<key>, label=<key>=<value>, label!=<key>, or label!=<key>=<value>) – only remove networks with (or without, in case label!=... is used) the specified labels.

The until filter can be Unix timestamps, date formatted
timestamps, or Go duration strings (e.g. 10m, 1h30m) computed
relative to the daemon machine’s time. Supported formats for date
formatted time stamps include RFC3339Nano, RFC3339, 2006-01-02T15:04:05,
2006-01-02T15:04:05.999999999, 2006-01-02Z07:00, and 2006-01-02. The local
timezone on the daemon will be used if you do not provide either a Z or a
+-00:00 timezone offset at the end of the timestamp. When providing Unix
timestamps enter seconds[.nanoseconds], where seconds is the number of seconds
that have elapsed since January 1, 1970 (midnight UTC/GMT), not counting leap
seconds (aka Unix epoch or Unix time), and the optional .nanoseconds field is a
fraction of a second no more than nine digits long.

The label filter accepts two formats. One is the label=... (label=<key> or label=<key>=<value>),
which removes networks with the specified labels. The other
format is the label!=... (label!=<key> or label!=<key>=<value>), which removes
networks without the specified labels.

The following removes networks created more than 5 minutes ago. Note that
system networks such as bridge, host, and none will never be pruned:

$

docker network

ls

NETWORK ID NAME DRIVER SCOPE 7430df902d7a bridge bridge local ea92373fd499 foo-1-day-ago bridge local ab53663ed3c7 foo-1-min-ago bridge local 97b91972bc3b host host local f949d337b1f5 none null local

$

docker network prune

--force

--filter

until

=

5m

Deleted Networks: foo-1-day-ago

$

docker network

ls

NETWORK ID NAME DRIVER SCOPE 7430df902d7a bridge bridge local ab53663ed3c7 foo-1-min-ago bridge local 97b91972bc3b host host local f949d337b1f5 none null local

Parent command

Command
Description

docker network
Manage networks