--- description: How to install Docker Machine keywords: machine, orchestration, install, installation, docker, documentation, uninstall Docker Machine, uninstall title: Install Docker Machine --- On macOS and Windows, Machine is installed along with other Docker products when you install the [Docker for Mac](/docker-for-mac/index.md), [Docker for Windows](/docker-for-windows/index.md), or [Docker Toolbox](/toolbox/overview.md). If you want only Docker Machine, you can install the Machine binaries directly by following the instructions in the next section. You can find the latest versions of the binaries on the [docker/machine release page](https://github.com/docker/machine/releases/){: target="_blank" class="_" } on GitHub. ## Install Machine directly 1. Install [Docker](/engine/installation/index.md){: target="_blank" class="_" }. 2. Download the Docker Machine binary and extract it to your PATH. If you are running on **macOS**: ```console $ base=https://github.com/docker/machine/releases/download/v{{site.machine_version}} && curl -L $base/docker-machine-$(uname -s)-$(uname -m) >/usr/local/bin/docker-machine && chmod +x /usr/local/bin/docker-machine ``` If you are running on **Linux**: ```console $ base=https://github.com/docker/machine/releases/download/v{{site.machine_version}} && curl -L $base/docker-machine-$(uname -s)-$(uname -m) >/tmp/docker-machine && sudo install /tmp/docker-machine /usr/local/bin/docker-machine ``` If you are running with **Windows** with [Git BASH](https://git-for-windows.github.io/){: target="_blank" class="_"}: ```console $ base=https://github.com/docker/machine/releases/download/v{{site.machine_version}} && mkdir -p "$HOME/bin" && curl -L $base/docker-machine-Windows-x86_64.exe > "$HOME/bin/docker-machine.exe" && chmod +x "$HOME/bin/docker-machine.exe" ``` > The above command works on Windows only if you use a terminal emulator such as [Git BASH](https://git-for-windows.github.io/){: target="_blank" class="_"}, which supports Linux commands like `chmod`. {: .important} Otherwise, download one of the releases from the [docker/machine release page](https://github.com/docker/machine/releases/){: target="_blank" class="_" } directly. 3. Check the installation by displaying the Machine version: $ docker-machine version docker-machine version {{site.machine_version}}, build 9371605 ## Install bash completion scripts The Machine repository supplies several `bash` scripts that add features such as: - command completion - a function that displays the active machine in your shell prompt - a function wrapper that adds a `docker-machine use` subcommand to switch the active machine Confirm the version and save scripts to `/etc/bash_completion.d` or `/usr/local/etc/bash_completion.d`: ```bash base=https://raw.githubusercontent.com/docker/machine/v{{site.machine_version}} for i in docker-machine-prompt.bash docker-machine-wrapper.bash docker-machine.bash do sudo wget "$base/contrib/completion/bash/${i}" -P /etc/bash_completion.d done ``` Then you need to run `source /etc/bash_completion.d/docker-machine-prompt.bash` in your bash terminal to tell your setup where it can find the file `docker-machine-prompt.bash` that you previously downloaded. To enable the `docker-machine` shell prompt, add `$(__docker_machine_ps1)` to your `PS1` setting in `~/.bashrc`. ``` PS1='[\u@\h \W$(__docker_machine_ps1)]\$ ' ``` You can find additional documentation in the comments at the [top of each script](https://github.com/docker/machine/tree/master/contrib/completion/bash){: target="_blank" class="_"}. ## How to uninstall Docker Machine To uninstall Docker Machine: * Optionally, remove the machines you created. To remove each machine individually: `docker-machine rm ` To remove all machines: `docker-machine rm -f $(docker-machine ls -q)` (you might need to use `-force` on Windows). Removing machines is an optional step because there are cases where you might want to save and migrate existing machines to a [Docker for Mac](/docker-for-mac/index.md) or [Docker for Windows](/docker-for-windows/index.md) environment, for example. * Remove the executable: `rm $(which docker-machine)` >**Note**: As a point of information, the `config.json`, certificates, and other data related to each virtual machine created by `docker-machine` is stored in `~/.docker/machine/machines/` on Mac and Linux and in `~\.docker\machine\machines\` on Windows. We recommend that you do not edit or remove those files directly as this only affects information for the Docker CLI, not the actual VMs, regardless of whether they are local or on remote servers. ## Where to go next - [Docker Machine overview](overview.md) - Create and run a Docker host on your [local system using virtualization](get-started.md) - Provision multiple Docker hosts [on your cloud provider](get-started-cloud.md) - [Docker Machine driver reference](/machine/drivers/index.md) - [Docker Machine subcommand reference](/machine/reference/index.md)