docker : Error response from daemon: removal of container ### is already in progress

You run one of the following PowerShell commands to remove a container

Remove-NavContainer ###

or

docker rm ###

but you receive the following error message:

docker : Error response from daemon: removal of container ### is already in progress

with the result that you are unable to stop, kill or remove the Docker container. Even a restart does not fix this issue.

Solution 1:

1. Run the PowerShell command net stop docker to stop docker-engine (Note all containers will stop)
2. Delete the folder in C:\Programdata\docker\containers whose name starts with the ID from the error message (###)
3. Run the PowerShell command net start docker to start docker-engine

Solution 2:

Restart the machine will restart docker-engine if it the service is set up to start Automatically.

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