diff --git a/roles/teardown-xos/defaults/main.yml b/roles/teardown-xos/defaults/main.yml
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+---
+
+# Copyright 2017-present Open Networking Foundation
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+# teardown-xos/defaults/main.yml
+
+head_cord_profile_dir: "/opt/cord_profile"
+
+xos_docker_networks:
+  - "xos"
+
+delete_cord_profile_dir: False
diff --git a/roles/teardown-xos/tasks/main.yml b/roles/teardown-xos/tasks/main.yml
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+---
+
+# Copyright 2017-present Open Networking Foundation
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+
+# teardown-xos/tasks/main.yml
+# Removes XOS Docker containers
+# NOTE: ignoring errors so that incomplete builds can be removed
+
+- name: Stop and remove XOS containers
+  docker_service:
+    project_name: "{{ cord_profile | regex_replace('\\W','') }}"
+    project_src: "{{ head_cord_profile_dir }}"
+    state: absent
+    remove_images: local
+  ignore_errors: yes
+
+# need to remove images using docker_images here?
+
+- name: Remove docker networks
+  docker_network:
+    name: "{{ item }}"
+    state: absent
+  with_items: "{{ xos_docker_networks }}"
+  ignore_errors: yes
+
+- name: Remove the cord_profile directory
+  file:
+    path: "{{ head_cord_profile_dir }}"
+    state: absent
+  ignore_errors: yes
+  when: delete_cord_profile_dir