# Message: Failed to complete #destroy action

**URL:** <https://discourse.chef.io/t/message-failed-to-complete-destroy-action/8300>\
**Category:** Chef Infra (archive)\
**Created:** [April 21, 2016, 8:23am UTC](https://discourse.chef.io/t/message-failed-to-complete-destroy-action/8300 "2016-04-21T08:23:36Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![victorhdamian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/c6cbf5/32.png) [@victorhdamian](https://discourse.chef.io/u/victorhdamian)\
**Post date:** [April 21, 2016, 8:23am UTC](https://discourse.chef.io/t/message-failed-to-complete-destroy-action/8300/1 "2016-04-21T08:23:36Z")

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Getting this error on kitchen destroy.  
How can i fix this??

$ kitchen destroy XXXXXXX  
-----\> Starting Kitchen (v1.6.0)  
-----\> Destroying ...

> > > > > > ------Exception-------  
> > > > > > Class: Kitchen::ActionFailed  
> > > > > > Message: Failed to complete #destroy action: [conflict: unable to delete XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX (cannot be forced) - image is being used by running container XXXXXXXXX  
> > > > > > ]

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**Author:** ![Brandon\_Raabe](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.chef.io/brandon_raabe/32/40_2.png) [@Brandon\_Raabe](https://discourse.chef.io/u/Brandon_Raabe)\
**Post date:** [April 21, 2016, 2:49pm UTC](https://discourse.chef.io/t/message-failed-to-complete-destroy-action/8300/2 "2016-04-21T14:49:48Z")

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Looks like you’re using docker and the container couldn’t be deleted.

You can run:

docker kill XXXXXXXXX && docker rm XXXXXXXXX

That should kill and remove the container