---
description: 'Stops running containers without removing them. '
keywords: fig, composition, compose, docker, orchestration, cli, stop
title: docker-compose stop
notoc: true
---

```
Usage: stop [options] [SERVICE...]

Options:
-t, --timeout TIMEOUT      Specify a shutdown timeout in seconds (default: 10).
```

Stops running containers without removing them. They can be started again with
`docker-compose start`.
