---
name: "docker-container-unpause"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "docker"
version: "1:29.9.2-1"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/docker-container-unpause"
---

# docker-container-unpause(1)

Unpause all processes within one or more containers

## NAME

docker-container-unpause - Unpause all processes within one or more containers

## SYNOPSIS

**docker container unpause CONTAINER \[CONTAINER...\]**

## DESCRIPTION

The **docker container unpause** command un-suspends all processes in a container. On Linux, it does this using the freezer cgroup.

See the freezer cgroup documentation ⟨https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/cgroup-v1/freezer-subsystem.txt⟩ for further details.

## SEE ALSO

**[docker-container(1)](/docker-container/1.md)**