Stop All Docker Containers

The short answer

In Docker, to stop all the running containers at once, you can combined the docker stop and docker ps commands as follows:

$ docker stop $(docker ps -q)

Where:

• The $() syntax is used to execute a shell command in a subshell.
• docker ps -q is used to output the IDs of all running Docker containers.

Stopping unresponsive containers

To stop unresponsive containers, you can use the docker kill command, which will send a SIGKILL signal to all the processes inside of the container and instantly terminate the container itself:

$ docker kill <container …>

Where:

• container ... is a list of container IDs or names.

Alternatively, you can use the following command to forcefully stop all containers:

$ docker kill $(docker ps -q)

For example:

$ docker kill 641710a3ab3a test-psql-db

Easily retrieve these commands using Warp's AI Command Suggestions feature

If you’re using Warp as your terminal, you can easily retrieve this command using the Warp AI Command Suggestions feature:

Entering docker stop all containers in the AI Command Suggestions will prompt a docker command that can then quickly be inserted into your shell by doing CMD+ENTER.