How to remove and rebuild a docker container

Question

What are the commands to totally destroy a docker container, but then still be able to build it again using docker up?

I don’t want to just take it down with docker down, but I want to destroy it totally so it becomes rebuilt when running up again.

Answer 1

Found the answer docker rm plus the container Id https://linuxize.com/post/how-to-remove-docker-images-containers-volumes-and-networks/#remove-one-or-more-containers

Answer 2

To remove and rebuild a docker container do the following.

First, get the container id (or name):

docker container ls -a

Now you can remove/destroy the container(s) by running:

docker container rm container_id

Or for multiple containers

docker container rm container_id1 container_id2 ...

Now you can rebuild it with:

docker-compose up --build

Or for a specific configuration

docker-compose -f docker-compose-file.yml up --build

--build may not be needed as it will be the default when it has been destroyed.