How do i remove a docker container?

[shoebill]

Man page for docker stop.
Man page for docker rm.

Check the containers you have running.

$ docker ps
CONTAINER ID        IMAGE               COMMAND             CREATED             STATUS              PORTS               NAMES
d8c93ae46ef5        alpine              "/bin/sh"           18 hours ago        Up 18 hours                             focused_morse
700a990e28ea        alpine              "/bin/sh"           18 hours ago        Up 18 hours                             cocky_jackson

Stop the container you want to remove.

$ docker stop d8c93ae46ef5 
d8c93ae46ef5

Remove the container.

$ docker rm d8c93ae46ef5
d8c93ae46ef5

Verify.

$ docker ps               
CONTAINER ID        IMAGE               COMMAND             CREATED             STATUS              PORTS               NAMES
700a990e28ea        alpine              "/bin/sh"           18 hours ago        Up 18 hours                             cocky_jackson