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description: Understand what you can do with the Containers view on Docker Dashboard
keywords: Docker Dashboard, manage, containers, gui, dashboard, images, user manual
title: Explore the Containers view in Docker Desktop
linkTitle: Containers
weight: 10
---

The **Containers** view lists all running and stopped containers and applications. It provides a clean interface to manage the lifecycle of your containers, interact with running applications, and inspect Docker objects—including Docker Compose apps.

## Container actions

Use the **Search** field to find a specific container by name.

From the **Containers** view you can:
- Start, stop, pause, resume, or restart containers
- View image packages and CVEs
- Delete containers
- Open the application in VS code
- Open the port exposed by the container in a browser
- Copy the `docker run` command for reuse or modification
- Use [Docker Debug](#execdebug)

## Resource usage

From the **Containers** view you can monitor your containers' CPU and memory usage over time. This can help you understand if something is wrong with your containers or if you need to allocate additional resources. 

When you [inspect a container](#inspect-a-container), the **Stats** tab displays further information about a container's resource utilization. You can see how much CPU, memory, network and disk space your container is using over time.

## Inspect a container

You can obtain detailed information about the container when you select it.

From here, you can use the quick action buttons to perform various actions such as pause, resume, start or stop, or explore the **Logs**, **Inspect**, **Bind mounts**, **Debug**, **Files**, and **Stats** tabs. 

### Logs

Select **Logs** to view output from the container in real time. While viewing logs, you can:

- Use `Cmd + f`/`Ctrl + f` to open the search bar and find specific entries.
  Search matches are highlighted in yellow.
- Press `Enter` or `Shift + Enter` to jump to the next or previous search match
  respectively. 
- Use the **Copy** icon in the top right-hand corner to copy all the logs to
  your clipboard.
- Show timestamps
- Use the **Clear terminal** icon in the top right-hand corner to clear the
  logs terminal. 
- Select and view external links that may be in your logs. 

You can refine your view by:

- Filtering logs for specific containers, if you're running a multi-container application.
- Using regular expressions or exact match search terms