compose/docs/reference/compose_kill.md

# docker compose kill

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Force stop service containers.

### Options

| Name               | Type     | Default   | Description                                                     |
|:-------------------|:---------|:----------|:----------------------------------------------------------------|
| `--remove-orphans` |          |           | Remove containers for services not defined in the Compose file. |
| `-s`, `--signal`   | `string` | `SIGKILL` | SIGNAL to send to the container.                                |


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## Description

Forces running containers to stop by sending a `SIGKILL` signal. Optionally the signal can be passed, for example:

```console
$ docker-compose kill -s SIGINT
```