<p><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/hI11N.png" alt="docker ps screenshot"></p>

<p><code>docker ps</code>  </p>

<pre><code>CONTAINER ID        IMAGE                                                  COMMAND                  CREATED             STATUS              PORTS               NAMES
7523fd2c20c7        gcr.io/google_containers/k8s-dns-sidecar-amd64         "/sidecar --v=2 --..."   18 hours ago        Up 18 hours                             k8s_sidecar_kube-dns-86f6f55dd5-qwc6z_kube-system_c1333ffc-e4d6-11e7-bccf-0021ccbf0996_0
9bd438011406        gcr.io/google_containers/k8s-dns-dnsmasq-nanny-amd64   "/dnsmasq-nanny -v..."   18 hours ago        Up 18 hours                             k8s_dnsmasq_kube-dns-86f6f55dd5-qwc6z_kube-system_c1333ffc-e4d6-11e7-bccf-0021ccbf0996_0
5c35e00a5a27        gcr.io/google_containers/k8s-dns-kube-dns-amd64        "/kube-dns --domai..."   18 hours ago        Up 18 hours                             k8s_kubedns_kube-dns-86f6f55dd5-qwc6z_kube-system_c1333ffc-e4d6-11e7-bccf-0021ccbf0996_0
77ef463642b7        gcr.io/google_containers/pause-amd64:3.0               "/pause"                 18 hours ago        Up 18 hours                             k8s_POD_kube-dns-86f6f55dd5-qwc6z_kube-system_c1333ffc-e4d6-11e7-bccf-0021ccbf0996_0
39f618666205        gcr.io/google_containers/kubernetes-dashboard-amd64    "/dashboard --inse..."   18 hours ago        Up 18 hours                             k8s_kubernetes-dashboard_kubernetes-dashboard-vgpjl_kube-system_c1176a44-e4d6-11e7-bccf-0021ccbf0996_0
023b7b554a8c        gcr.io/google_containers/pause-amd64:3.0               "/pause"                 18 hours ago        Up 18 hours                             k8s_POD_kubernetes-dashboard-vgpjl_kube-system_c1176a44-e4d6-11e7-bccf-0021ccbf0996_0
1c3bdb7bdeb1        gcr.io/google-containers/kube-addon-manager            "/opt/kube-addons.sh"    18 hours ago        Up 18 hours                             k8s_kube-addon-manager_kube-addon-manager-tpad_kube-system_7b19c3ba446df5355649563d32723e4f_0
8a00feefa754        gcr.io/google_containers/pause-amd64:3.0               "/pause"                 18 hours ago        Up 18 hours                             k8s_POD_kube-addon-manager-tpad_kube-system_7b19c3ba446df5355649563d32723e4f_0
b657eab5f6f5        gcr.io/k8s-minikube/storage-provisioner                "/storage-provisioner"   18 hours ago        Up 18 hours                             k8s_storage-provisioner_storage-provisioner_kube-system_c0a8b187-e4d6-11e7-bccf-0021ccbf0996_0
67be5cc1dd0d        gcr.io/google_containers/pause-amd64:3.0               "/pause"                 18 hours ago        Up 18 hours                             k8s_POD_storage-provisioner_kube-system_c0a8b187-e4d6-11e7-bccf-0021ccbf0996_0
</code></pre>

<p>I just did the Kubernetes minikube tutorial at <a href="https://github.com/kubernetes/minikube" rel="noreferrer">https://github.com/kubernetes/minikube</a>, and I cannot stop or remove these containers, they always get recreated.</p>

<pre><code>$ kubectl get deployment
No resource found.

$ minikube status
minikube: Running  
cluster: Running  
kubectl: Correctly Configured: pointing to minikube-vm at 192.168.99.100
</code></pre>

<p>Output of <code>kubectl get pods --all-namespaces</code></p>

<pre><code>NAMESPACE     NAME                          READY     STATUS    RESTARTS   AGE
kube-system   kube-addon-manager-minikube   1/1       Running   5          19h
kube-system   kube-dns-86f6f55dd5-6kjsn     3/3       Running   15         19h
kube-system   kubernetes-dashboard-68vph    1/1       Running   5          19h
kube-system   storage-provisioner           1/1       Running   5          19h
</code></pre>

<p>UPDATE:</p>

<p>I completely removed all packages called 'kube*', removed docker, remove virtualbox, removed /var/lib/docker, reinstalled docker.
And the containers are back! How on earth do you get rid of them?</p>

<p>What containers do you want to delete and why? The containers printed in your <code>docker ps</code> output are Kubernetes containers. You basically would destroy minikube by deleting these containers.</p>

<p>In general Kubernetes manages these containers for you. Kubernetes interprets a deleted container as a failure and restarts it. To delete a container you have to delete the pod (or the ReplicaSet, ReplicationController or Deployment depending on your deployed applications).</p>

<hr>

<p>If these containers actually appear on your host system, then you maybe installed Kubernetes accidentally on your host system (with another tutorial). In this case you have to look for a process called <code>kubelet</code> which creates these containers.</p>

<p>For example if you use systemd:</p>

<pre><code>systemctl status kublet   # see if its actually running
systemctl stop kubelet    # stop it
systemctl disable kubelet # make sure it doesn't start after next reboot
</code></pre>
