docker container don't stop

Question

I am trying to launch a network of containers using docker-compose, when I want to stop this network I executed

  docker-compose down

some containers didn't stop, I tried

  docker rm $(docker ps -a -q)

but it didn't execute, I receive no response after running this command! I have tried this command also :

docker rm id_container

Does anyone have an idea on how to force this container to stop?

Answer 1

Sometimes docker hangs and compose services become ghost services with status pending removal or something like that. Try to restart your host and see if that helps solving the problem.