diff --git a/src/cmd/remove/remove.go b/src/cmd/remove/remove.go
index 5272b70..a8c807f 100644
--- a/src/cmd/remove/remove.go
+++ b/src/cmd/remove/remove.go
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ import (
 
 // New creates a cobra command
 func New() *cobra.Command {
-	return &cobra.Command{
+	var options options
+
+	cmd := &cobra.Command{
 		Use:     "remove",
 		Aliases: []string{"rm"},
 		Short:   "Removes context container",
@@ -23,12 +25,20 @@ func New() *cobra.Command {
 			if len(args) == 1 {
 				name = args[0]
 			}
-			return run(cmd.Context(), name)
+			return run(cmd.Context(), name, options)
 		},
 	}
+
+	cmd.Flags().BoolVarP(&options.force, "force", "f", false, "force removes container")
+
+	return cmd
 }
 
-func run(ctx context.Context, name string) error {
+type options struct {
+	force bool
+}
+
+func run(ctx context.Context, name string, options options) error {
 	contexts, err := yey.LoadContexts()
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
@@ -49,5 +59,10 @@ func run(ctx context.Context, name string) error {
 
 	container := yey.ContainerName(contexts.Path, context)
 
-	return docker.Remove(ctx, container)
+	var removeOptions []docker.RemoveOption
+	if options.force {
+		removeOptions = append(removeOptions, docker.ForceRemove)
+	}
+
+	return docker.Remove(ctx, container, removeOptions...)
 }
diff --git a/src/cmd/tidy/tidy.go b/src/cmd/tidy/tidy.go
index b7bea9b..6162ac3 100644
--- a/src/cmd/tidy/tidy.go
+++ b/src/cmd/tidy/tidy.go
@@ -12,17 +12,27 @@ import (
 
 // New creates a cobra command
 func New() *cobra.Command {
-	return &cobra.Command{
+	var options options
+
+	cmd := &cobra.Command{
 		Use:   "tidy",
 		Short: "Removes unreferenced containers",
 		Args:  cobra.NoArgs,
 		RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
-			return run(cmd.Context())
+			return run(cmd.Context(), options)
 		},
 	}
+
+	cmd.Flags().BoolVarP(&options.force, "force", "f", false, "removes containers forcibly")
+
+	return cmd
+}
+
+type options struct {
+	force bool
 }
 
-func run(ctx context.Context) error {
+func run(ctx context.Context, options options) error {
 	contexts, err := yey.LoadContexts()
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
@@ -44,6 +54,7 @@ func run(ctx context.Context) error {
 		return err
 	}
 
+	var unreferencedContainers []string
 	for _, container := range names {
 		if !strings.HasPrefix(container, prefix) {
 			continue
@@ -51,10 +62,13 @@ func run(ctx context.Context) error {
 		if _, ok := validNames[container]; ok {
 			continue
 		}
-		if err := docker.Remove(ctx, container); err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
+		unreferencedContainers = append(unreferencedContainers, container)
+	}
+
+	var removeOptions []docker.RemoveOption
+	if options.force {
+		removeOptions = append(removeOptions, docker.ForceRemove)
 	}
 
-	return nil
+	return docker.RemoveMany(ctx, unreferencedContainers, removeOptions...)
 }
diff --git a/src/internal/docker/cli.go b/src/internal/docker/cli.go
index 3dcc8a2..7110ca1 100644
--- a/src/internal/docker/cli.go
+++ b/src/internal/docker/cli.go
@@ -34,7 +34,15 @@ func Start(ctx context.Context, yeyCtx yey.Context, containerName string) error
 	}
 }
 
-func Remove(ctx context.Context, containerName string) error {
+type removeOption struct {
+	force bool
+}
+
+type RemoveOption func(ro *removeOption)
+
+var ForceRemove RemoveOption = func(ro *removeOption) { ro.force = true }
+
+func Remove(ctx context.Context, containerName string, options ...RemoveOption) error {
 	status, err := getContainerStatus(ctx, containerName)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
@@ -44,7 +52,26 @@ func Remove(ctx context.Context, containerName string) error {
 		return nil
 	}
 
-	return attachStdPipes(exec.CommandContext(ctx, "docker", "rm", "-v", containerName)).Run()
+	return RemoveMany(ctx, []string{containerName}, options...)
+}
+
+func RemoveMany(ctx context.Context, containers []string, options ...RemoveOption) error {
+	if len(containers) == 0 {
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	var opts removeOption
+	for _, opt := range options {
+		opt(&opts)
+	}
+
+	args := []string{"rm", "-v"}
+	if opts.force {
+		args = append(args, "-f")
+	}
+	args = append(args, containers...)
+
+	return attachStdPipes(exec.CommandContext(ctx, "docker", args...)).Run()
 }
 
 func Build(ctx context.Context, dockerPath string, imageTag string, buildArgs map[string]string, context string) error {