You can actually go even shorter: docker images -qf dangling=true | xargs -r docker rmi Along with: docker ps -aqf status=exited | xargs -r docker rm Yo

You can actually go even shorter: docker images -qf dangling=true | xargs -r docker rmi Along with: docker ps -aqf status=exited | xargs -r docker rm You've got two essential Docker aliases for cleaning up your dev environment.