DOCKER(1) Docker User Manuals DOCKER(1) NAME docker-container-stop - Stop one or more running containers SYNOPSIS docker container stop [OPTIONS] CONTAINER [CONTAINER...] DESCRIPTION Stop a container (Send SIGTERM, and then SIGKILL after grace period) OPTIONS -s, --signal="" Signal to send to the container -t, --timeout=0 Seconds to wait before killing the container SEE ALSO docker-container(1) Docker Community Sep 2025 DOCKER(1)
dockercontainerstop - Stop one or more running containers