Clean ------ Remove all unused containers, networks, images (both dangling and unreferenced), and volumes:: docker system prune -a --volumes Analyse space usage of docker system:: # docker system df TYPE TOTAL ACTIVE SIZE RECLAIMABLE Images 9 9 1.5GB 109.8MB (7%) Containers 9 9 40.36MB 0B (0%) Local Volumes 4 4 1.803MB 0B (0%) Build Cache 0 0 0B 0B Per image size:: docker ps --size Limit docker log file sizes (existing containers won't be affected! Only new containers):: vim /etc/docker/daemon.json { "log-driver": "json-file", "log-opts": {"max-size": "50m", "max-file": "3"} } Hack to delete log files:: truncate -s 0 $(docker inspect --format='{{.LogPath}}' )