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Cannot delete Docker images

I got a wired issue that docker image cannot be deleted fully, even restart doesn’t help.

the docker version is 17.12

[root@guanvps ~]# docker --version
Docker version 17.12.1-ce, build 7390fc6
[root@guanvps ~]# docker images
REPOSITORY          TAG                 IMAGE ID            CREATED             SIZE
nginx               latest              ae513a47849c        4 weeks ago         109MB
ubuntu              latest              452a96d81c30        5 weeks ago         79.6MB
[root@guanvps ~]# docker rmi ae5
Error: No such image: ae5
[root@guanvps ~]# docker ps -a
CONTAINER ID        IMAGE               COMMAND             CREATED             STATUS              PORTS               NAMES

when pulling image again from Docker Hub and delete image, it prompts conflct error again.

[root@guanvps ~]# docker pull nginx
Using default tag: latest
latest: Pulling from library/nginx
Digest: sha256:b1d09e9718890e6ebbbd2bc319ef1611559e30ce1b6f56b2e3b479d9da51dc35
Status: Downloaded newer image for nginx:latest
[root@guanvps ~]# docker images
REPOSITORY          TAG                 IMAGE ID            CREATED             SIZE
nginx               latest              ae513a47849c        4 weeks ago         109MB
nginx               latest              ae513a47849c        4 weeks ago         109MB
ubuntu              latest              452a96d81c30        5 weeks ago         79.6MB
[root@guanvps ~]# docker rmi ae5
Error response from daemon: conflict: unable to delete ae513a47849c (must be forced) - image is referenced in multiple repositories
[root@guanvps ~]# docker rmi ae5 --force
Error: No such image: ae5
[root@guanvps ~]# docker rmi ae5
Error: No such image: ae5

this could be related to Docker image folder or another folder. so enter /var/lib/docker/images/

root@guanvps ~]# cd `find /var/lib/docker -path '*/imagedb/*tent/sha256'`
[root@guanvps sha256]# ls 
452a96d81c30a1e426bc250428263ac9ca3f47c9bf086f876d11cb39cf57aeec  ae513a47849c895a155ddfb868d6ba247f60240ec8495482eca74c4a2c13a881

delete the folder starting with ae5*

[root@guanvps sha256]# rm -f ae5*
[root@guanvps sha256]# docker images
REPOSITORY          TAG                 IMAGE ID            CREATED             SIZE
ubuntu              latest              452a96d81c30        5 weeks ago         79.6MB

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