{"id":51987,"date":"2026-07-29T12:30:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-29T17:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/?p=51987"},"modified":"2026-06-27T08:31:48","modified_gmt":"2026-06-27T13:31:48","slug":"how-to-remove-docker-images-on-ubuntu-26-04","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/how-to-remove-docker-images-on-ubuntu-26-04\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Remove Docker Images on Ubuntu 26.04"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"bsf_rt_marker\"><\/div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/how-to-remove-docker-images-on-ubuntu-26.04.webp\" alt=\"How to Remove Docker Images on Ubuntu 26.04\" class=\"wp-image-52092\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/how-to-remove-docker-images-on-ubuntu-26.04.webp 1024w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/how-to-remove-docker-images-on-ubuntu-26.04-300x169.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/how-to-remove-docker-images-on-ubuntu-26.04-150x84.webp 150w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/how-to-remove-docker-images-on-ubuntu-26.04-768x432.webp 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Solomon Hykes introduced Docker at PyCon 2013, showcasing its capabilities for packaging and running applications in containers. These containers offer a high level of isolation and security, enabling the concurrent execution of multiple containers on a designated host. Since its official launch in 2014, Docker has gained significant popularity among developers worldwide. Docker is a runtime engine running on your computer. It\u2019s a daemon that manages starting and stopping containers on that single computer. So, Docker is about managing work within a single machine. When people talk about \u2018Docker\u2019, they usually refer to an individual machine. In this article, we will show you how to remove Docker images on Ubuntu 26.04.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-transparent ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a6a8bc515018\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"ez-toc-cssicon\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a6a8bc515018\"  aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/how-to-remove-docker-images-on-ubuntu-26-04\/#Prerequisites\" >Prerequisites<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/how-to-remove-docker-images-on-ubuntu-26-04\/#Log-in-to-your-server-via-SSH\" >Log in to your server via SSH<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/how-to-remove-docker-images-on-ubuntu-26-04\/#What-is-Docker\" >What is Docker<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/how-to-remove-docker-images-on-ubuntu-26-04\/#What-is-a-Docker-Image\" >What is a Docker Image?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/how-to-remove-docker-images-on-ubuntu-26-04\/#What-is-a-Docker-Volume\" >What is a Docker Volume?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/how-to-remove-docker-images-on-ubuntu-26-04\/#How-to-Delete-Docker-Images\" >How to Delete Docker Images<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/how-to-remove-docker-images-on-ubuntu-26-04\/#In-Conclusion\" >In Conclusion<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2 id=\"h-prerequisites\" class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Prerequisites\"><\/span>Prerequisites<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>An <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/ubuntu-hosting\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Ubuntu 26.04 VPS<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>SSH access with sudo privileges, or root access.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"h-conventions\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Conventions<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<pre id=\"h-given-commands-should-be-executed-with-root-privileges-either-directly-as-a-root-user-or-by-use-of-sudo-command\" class=\"wp-block-preformatted\"># \u2013 given commands should be executed with root privileges either directly as a root user or by use of sudo command<br>$ \u2013 given commands should be executed as a regular user<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"h-log-in-to-your-server-via-ssh\" class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Log-in-to-your-server-via-SSH\"><\/span>Log in to your server via SSH<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">First of all, let us log in to our Ubuntu 26.04 VPS via SSH as the root user:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>ssh root@IP_Address -p Port_number<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You will need to replace &#8216;IP_Address&#8217; and &#8216;Port_number&#8217; with your server&#8217;s respective IP address and SSH port number. Additionally, replace &#8216;root&#8217; with the username of the system user with sudo privileges.<\/p><div class=\"rhbl-mattermost-banner rhbl-entity-placement\" id=\"rhbl-760127866\"><div id=\"rhbl-106570364\" style=\"margin-top: 20px;margin-bottom: 20px;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/linux-vps-hosting\/?mtm_campaign=ad-mm&#038;mtm_source=blog&#038;mtm_content=mm\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"slack-privacy-try-mattermost-5\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/slack-privacy-try-mattermost-5.webp\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/slack-privacy-try-mattermost-5.webp 728w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/slack-privacy-try-mattermost-5-300x37.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/slack-privacy-try-mattermost-5-150x19.webp 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 728px) 100vw, 728px\" width=\"728\" height=\"90\"  style=\"display: inline-block;\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Now, let&#8217;s check whether you have the proper Ubuntu version installed on your server with the following command:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>$ lsb_release -a<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The command should return an output like this:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>No LSB modules are available.\nDistributor ID: Ubuntu\nDescription:  Ubuntu 26.04 LTS\nRelease:  26.04\nCodename: resolute<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"h-what-is-docker\" class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What-is-Docker\"><\/span>What is Docker<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Docker is a container manager. Containers don&#8217;t have an operating system. When a container is created, it uses the operating system of the container manager (in Docker, Linux). The container manager can isolate each container, so you don&#8217;t need to worry about changing the OS settings in each container; these changes won&#8217;t affect the container manager&#8217;s OS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Furthermore, using containers reduces the size of the package\/container file because there&#8217;s no OS inside. Running and restarting containers is also faster because there&#8217;s no OS inside (no OS booting). This is why containers are so popular today, and one of the most popular container implementations is Docker.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"h-what-is-a-docker-image\" class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What-is-a-Docker-Image\"><\/span>What is a Docker Image?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A Docker image is a file, consisting of several layers, used to execute code within a Docker container. A Docker image is essentially built from instructions that produce a complete, executable version of an application that relies on the host OS kernel. When a Docker user runs an image, it can be one or more instances of that container.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"h-what-is-a-docker-volume\" class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What-is-a-Docker-Volume\"><\/span>What is a Docker Volume?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A Docker volume stores data generated and used by a Docker container. For example, storing node_modules in our NodeJS service container.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A small thing that is often forgotten when we use Docker is the accumulation of unused container images and volumes on our local computer, ranging in size from small to large. For example, when we first created a Docker Compose file, we copied and pasted all the scripts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"h-how-to-delete-docker-images\" class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How-to-Delete-Docker-Images\"><\/span>How to Delete Docker Images<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Docker Image Example &#8211; Here&#8217;s an unused image. Open the terminal and type:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\"># docker image ls<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A list of images on your local system, along with their sizes, will appear.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"680\" height=\"134\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/docker-image-ls.jpg\" alt=\"Remove Docker Images on Ubuntu\" class=\"wp-image-51988\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/docker-image-ls.jpg 680w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/docker-image-ls-300x59.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/docker-image-ls-150x30.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Docker Volume Example \u2014 Here&#8217;s an image of a Docker volume on your local system. Open the terminal and type:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code># docker volume ls<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the image below, you can see the name of the encrypted volume, which is usually the default for Docker if you haven&#8217;t initialized a volume for the service you&#8217;re creating.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"725\" height=\"167\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/docker-volume-ls.jpg\" alt=\"Encrypted volume for docker\" class=\"wp-image-51989\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/docker-volume-ls.jpg 725w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/docker-volume-ls-300x69.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/docker-volume-ls-150x35.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 725px) 100vw, 725px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">How to delete them? Here&#8217;s how to delete a Docker image one by one by typing the following command in our terminal: docker rmi. First, type docker image ls. After the list appears, find the image ID you want to delete. For example:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code># docker rmi 43745a0ac9bd<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you see a message like this:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>Error response from daemon; conflict: unable to delete 43745a0ac9bd (must be forced) - image is being used by stopped container lsd883413sfs4<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It means your container is using it, and it&#8217;s stopped. If you are sure that you no longer use the container, we can remove the stopped container first:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code># docker rm &lt;CONTAINER_ID&gt;<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To see the container ID, we can run the command:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code># docker ps -a<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"129\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/docker-ps-a-1024x129.jpg\" alt=\"Docker commands\" class=\"wp-image-51990\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/docker-ps-a-1024x129.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/docker-ps-a-300x38.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/docker-ps-a-150x19.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/docker-ps-a-768x97.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/docker-ps-a.jpg 1068w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Then find the stopped container&#8217;s ID and delete it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code># docker rm b7ee699ce4f0<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The container has been deleted, so you can now delete the image.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code># docker rmi 43745a0ac9bd<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The command will return an output like this:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>Untagged: odoo:9.0\nUntagged: odoo@sha256:65f820a12396c53452116810fa1adbb7b65cd3e0bb54dad658748eb1e7f340ab\nDeleted: sha256:43745a0ac9bdc8f18dabe8eeb787557c8b36c4423c32c93684656a454ebefae8\nDeleted: sha256:dcde60c28dca71b0f68074eb6937fc9a8f5e6cf2317fe1b8377985ce238f2cd4\nDeleted: sha256:2862b83bcacb842d5113fcfb9022c117be9e7c1cd7dbb17f441d799ec1fa648c\nDeleted: sha256:b42917c6f8764c934170a8c472f8ecfb5c17f3943dbeba92de96b198ea46d015\nDeleted: sha256:435575d5d588a1ae8edd59a34bd5bcacc8f42413f50d709aa2025ec03d60c8da\nDeleted: sha256:8c59bd277c30d3832dd3dbbed241a3ecd8db54205531b7b32434401edaf788d4\nDeleted: sha256:5c1b892dd0a316d6cd6d3e9562b756123ee40b18d10d9a332b780d68ad79c9cc\nDeleted: sha256:8c466bf4ca6ffdda8b7717b1cd6fe31109529ee64e626a003a224fb8bd2bc469<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"826\" height=\"207\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/docker-rmi.jpg\" alt=\"root docker access to Remove Docker Images on Ubuntu 26.04\" class=\"wp-image-51991\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/docker-rmi.jpg 826w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/docker-rmi-300x75.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/docker-rmi-150x38.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/docker-rmi-768x192.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 826px) 100vw, 826px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That&#8217;s it, you have successfully deleted a Docker image.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Here&#8217;s how to delete Docker volumes one by one. This is almost identical to the first Docker image. In the terminal, type the command docker volume ls, then type the following command: docker volume rm<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\"># docker volume rm 70e1f54b753feb6706f2d3db0150fa2f62066583ea609dfa105834687206435c<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The final method is to delete both simultaneously, but it&#8217;s a bit risky because it will erase all installation configurations. Docker on our local system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\"># docker system prune -a<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The method above will not delete active images and volumes, only inactive ones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"h-in-conclusion\" class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"In-Conclusion\"><\/span>In Conclusion<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That&#8217;s it! You have learned how to remove Docker Images on Ubuntu 26.04.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you are one of our web hosting customers and use our managed Ubuntu Hosting, you don\u2019t need to follow this tutorial to remove Docker images on Ubuntu 26.04 yourself; our Linux admins will handle it for you. They are available 24\u00d77 and will take care of your request immediately, and all you need to do is submit a ticket.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you liked this post, please share it with your friends or leave a comment below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Solomon Hykes introduced Docker at PyCon 2013, showcasing its capabilities for packaging and running applications in containers. 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