This post goes over how to resolve Docker error “no space left on device”.

Problem

If Docker throws one of the following errors:

Error response from daemon: failed to mkdir /var/lib/docker/volumes/...: mkdir /var/lib/docker/volumes/...: no space left on device

Error response from daemon: failed to copy files: failed to open target /var/lib/docker/volumes/...: open /var/lib/docker/volumes/...: no space left on device

failed to solve: rpc error: code = Unknown desc = failed to mkdir /var/lib/docker/...: mkdir /var/lib/docker/...: no space left on device

It means your Docker has run out of space.

Solution

docker system prune

Run docker system prune to remove all unused data:

docker system prune

To prune without prompting for confirmation:

docker system prune --force

It will return the freed space at the end:

Total reclaimed space: 4.20GB

docker volume prune

Run docker volume prune to remove all unused local volumes:

docker volume prune

WARNING: Be careful since this can remove local database data.

Disk image size

Increase disk space in Docker Desktop > Settings > Resources > Advanced > Disk image size: