How to completely uninstall docker [closed]

I followed the uninstall instructions here. Then I ran these commands:

sudo apt-get purge docker-engine sudo apt-get autoremove --purge docker-engine rm -rf /var/lib/docker sudo apt-get purge docker-engine sudo apt-get autoremove --purge docker-engine rm -rf /var/lib/docker

So after I did all this I ran this command to see if docker files are any where else:

sudo find / -name 'docker'

1 Answer

To completely uninstall Docker:

Step 1

dpkg -l | grep -i docker

To identify what installed package you have:

Step 2

sudo apt-get purge -y docker-engine docker docker.io docker-ce docker-ce-cli

sudo apt-get autoremove -y --purge docker-engine docker docker.io docker-ce

The above commands will not remove images, containers, volumes, or user created configuration files on your host. If you wish to delete all images, containers, and volumes run the following commands:

sudo rm -rf /var/lib/docker /etc/docker

sudo rm /etc/apparmor.d/docker

sudo groupdel docker

sudo rm -rf /var/run/docker.sock

You have removed Docker from the system completely.

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