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You can remove $USER from docker group -  gpasswd -d $USER docker  Ref - (https://linux.die.net/man/1/gpasswd) https://linux.die.net/man/1/gpasswd    (/a/48617016) (Short permalink to this answer) Share  Share a link to this answer     Copy link (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/) (The current license for this post: CC BY-SA 3.0) CC BY-SA 3.0     (/posts/48617016/edit) () Improve this answer  Follow (70:3:31e,16:84a9594a113eec21,10:1725174565,16:8623d3c5766c18be,8:48617016,9841f881e24577a3e38e75117c4e870baa38550ba52a4636c1b3c0f6772bb4f6)  Follow this answer to receive notifications       answered (2018-02-05 06:35:49Z) Feb 5, 2018 at 6:35   (/users/3802507/vivekyad4v) (vivekyad4v's user avatar)    (/users/3802507/vivekyad4v) vivekyad4v vivekyad4v (reputation score 14,461) 14.5k (5 gold badges)  5  5 gold badges (63 silver badges)  63  63 silver badges (71 bronze badges)  71  71 bronze badges        2   Thx! I already reinstalled linux. it gave me too many bugs which I didn't know to fix. – (/users/9126576/urizaf) (19 reputation) urizaf  Commented (2018-02-06 08:27:55Z, License: CC BY-SA 3.0) Feb 6, 2018 at 8:27        So you're removing the user: root from the docker group ?!? – (/users/86771/svetoslav-marinov) (1,526 reputation) Svetoslav Marinov  Commented (2021-02-04 09:54:32Z, License: CC BY-SA 4.0) Feb 4, 2021 at 9:54        (Use comments to ask for more information or suggest improvements. Avoid comments like “+1” or “thanks”.) Add a comment |  (Expand to show all comments on this post)          (48616934) (false) () Your Answer                                 Reminder: Answers generated by artificial intelligence tools are not allowed on Stack Overflow. (/help/gen-ai-policy) Learn more       (true)       Thanks for contributing an answer to Stack Overflow! Please be sure to answer the question . Provide details and share your research!  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