# Destroying docker container does not destroy the database?

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**Category:** Self-hosting\
**Created:** [Mars 16, 2015, 9:18 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/destroying-docker-container-does-not-destroy-the-database/26411 "2015-03-16T21:18:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![sam](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/sam/32/102149_2.png) [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)\
**Post date:** [Mars 16, 2015, 10:42 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/destroying-docker-container-does-not-destroy-the-database/26411/7 "2015-03-16T22:42:58Z")

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It is a bit confusing but a key concept that you need to keep in mind with our Docker design is that containers are throw-away. I always wanted a trivial to recover scenario, for example you can even recover data if docker completely fails and so on.

destroy is a somewhat scary word, but it does really destroy the container, which you can rebuild or start again a-fresh.

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