# Cannot update portainer due to container being used?

**URL:** https://dietpi.com/forum/t/cannot-update-portainer-due-to-container-being-used/19686
**Category:** General Discussion
**Created:** [20 March 2024 11:34 UTC](https://dietpi.com/forum/t/cannot-update-portainer-due-to-container-being-used/19686 "2024-03-20T11:34:39Z")
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### Author: ![naddel91](https://dietpi.com/forum/user_avatar/dietpi.com/naddel91/32/2564_2.png) [@naddel91](https://dietpi.com/forum/u/naddel91)
#### Post date: [20 March 2024 11:34 UTC](https://dietpi.com/forum/t/cannot-update-portainer-due-to-container-being-used/19686/1 "2024-03-20T11:34:39Z")

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hi at all,

I just get this error here:

 ![portainer update](https://dietpi.com/forum/uploads/default/original/2X/2/2bb1685be543a14b1d3d6a792b10f8adf106f690.png)

maybe you can give me a hint, please. best wishes

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### Author: ![Jappe](https://dietpi.com/forum/user_avatar/dietpi.com/jappe/32/1788_2.png) [@Jappe](https://dietpi.com/forum/u/Jappe)
#### Post date: [20 March 2024 11:45 UTC](https://dietpi.com/forum/t/cannot-update-portainer-due-to-container-being-used/19686/2 "2024-03-20T11:45:02Z")

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What are you trying to do? Reinstall docker or somehting?

You need to sop all containers first, a running container is preventing the `docker img rm` command.

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### Author: ![naddel91](https://dietpi.com/forum/user_avatar/dietpi.com/naddel91/32/2564_2.png) [@naddel91](https://dietpi.com/forum/u/naddel91)
#### Post date: [20 March 2024 11:51 UTC](https://dietpi.com/forum/t/cannot-update-portainer-due-to-container-being-used/19686/3 "2024-03-20T11:51:27Z")

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I just want to update portainer to 2.20 (newest release). nothing else.

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### Author: ![Jappe](https://dietpi.com/forum/user_avatar/dietpi.com/jappe/32/1788_2.png) [@Jappe](https://dietpi.com/forum/u/Jappe)
#### Post date: [20 March 2024 11:57 UTC](https://dietpi.com/forum/t/cannot-update-portainer-due-to-container-being-used/19686/4 "2024-03-20T11:57:18Z")

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You need to stop the container first  
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docker stop 99cbalde5d33  
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### Author: ![Joulinar](https://dietpi.com/forum/user_avatar/dietpi.com/joulinar/32/57_2.png) [@Joulinar](https://dietpi.com/forum/u/Joulinar)
#### Post date: [20 March 2024 11:58 UTC](https://dietpi.com/forum/t/cannot-update-portainer-due-to-container-being-used/19686/5 "2024-03-20T11:58:19Z")

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latest version is 2.19.4 isn’t it? At least that’s the one marked as stable. Even if 2.20. have been released yesterday

 ![image](https://dietpi.com/forum/uploads/default/original/2X/6/643d29632029d7f5f7be50303080680026daeaae.png)

anyway. From the error menu, open a subshell and stop the container

```auto
docker stop portainer

```

Btw: I did a simple test an it was working without issues

```auto
 DietPi-Software
─────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 Step: Installing Portainer: Simplifies container management in Docker (standalone host)

[OK] DietPi-Software | docker container rm -f 109306cda45e
[OK] DietPi-Software | docker image rm f12f1fd2694d
[INFO] DietPi-Software | Portainer will be deployed now. This could take a while...
[INFO] DietPi-Software | docker run -d -p 9002:9000 --name=portainer --restart=always -v /run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock -v portainer_data:/data portainer/portainer-ce, please wait...
Unable to find image 'portainer/portainer-ce:latest' locally
latest: Pulling from portainer/portainer-ce

```

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### Author: ![system](https://dietpi.com/forum/uploads/default/original/1X/7e1021de2213860bce185915ce2c1786e56490ec.png) [@system](https://dietpi.com/forum/u/system)
#### Post date: [16 September 2024 11:58 UTC](https://dietpi.com/forum/t/cannot-update-portainer-due-to-container-being-used/19686/6 "2024-09-16T11:58:44Z")

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