Can I run docker system prune -a without downtime

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I want to execute docker system prune -a to clean up space. Could someone please tell me if I can execute this command without docker-compose down (without removing the containers and downtime)

Elmar Brauch · Accepted Answer

Docker documentation https://docs.docker.com/engine/reference/commandline/system_prune/ says:

Remove all unused containers, networks, images (both dangling and unreferenced), and optionally, volumes.

About -a option it says:

Remove all unused images not just dangling ones

So for sure this command does not produce a downtime.
You can execute it without "docker-compose down".

Can I run docker system prune -a without downtime

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