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alias: user-guide-remove-container-container
description: "This documentation details removing a contained container from a main container"
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# Remove Container from Container

:lock: Container.**RemoveContainer**

## Overview

This operation is used to remove a **Container** from another **Container**.

As a naming convention, the **Container** that contains the **Container** is called Main **Container** and the **Container** to be contained is called Sub-Container.

## Setup

No special setup is required other than to meet the preconditions of the transaction.

## Preconditions

* The Main **Container** is Active and Available.
* The Position Unit Type of the Main **Container** is **Containers**.
* The Sub-Container is Active and Available.

## Preconditions for Bulk

* In addition to the preconditions mentioned above, all **Containers** must:
    * Be disassociated from the same **Container**.

## Sequence of Steps

### Step 1: Details

1. Verify the **Container** information.
2. Optionally, enter a comment.
3. Select the **Remove** button to complete the operation.

![Screenshot showing a UI with a highlighted "Remove" button, used to complete an operation.](images/remove_container.png)