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Docker daemon runs in a separate VM, so in order to clear logs you should do the following steps:

First, you can find the log path inside the VM, with:

docker inspect --format='{{.LogPath}}' NAME|ID

You can connect to the VM with screen

screen ~/Library/Containers/com.docker.docker/Data/com.docker.driver.amd64-linux/tty

Here you can simply use output redirection to clear the log

rm -Rf /var/lib/docker/containers/CONTAINER_ID/CONTAINER_ID-json.log

And finally you can detach the screen with hitting Control + a d

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