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title: Docker kill
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## Docker kill
`docker kill` kills one or more running Docker containers by names or IDs.
The basic usage is:
```
docker kill mycontainer
```
Or with container ID:
```
docker kill 769b9341d937
```
To kill more than one container, container names or IDs must be added with a whitespace character between them:
```
docker kill mycontainer mysecondcontainer mythirdcontainer
```
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You can specify which signal is emitted to the container using the `--signal` (or `-s` ) option. For example, you can reload your `nginx` container configuration using:
```
docker kill -s HUP container_name
```
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#### More Information:
- [Docker CLI docs: kill ](https://docs.docker.com/engine/reference/commandline/kill/ )