diff --git a/distrobox-rm b/distrobox-rm
index 4bbbdd0e73..a2a4faebf7 100755
--- a/distrobox-rm
+++ b/distrobox-rm
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@ fi
 
 # Declare it AFTER config sourcing because we do not want a default name set for rm.
 container_name=""
+container_name_default="my-distrobox"
 container_name_list=""
 
 # Print usage to stdout.
@@ -249,8 +250,7 @@ fi
 
 # check if we have containers to delete
 if [ -z "${container_name_list}" ]; then
-	printf >&2 "Please specify a container name.\n"
-	exit 1
+	container_name_list="${container_name_default}"
 fi
 
 delete_container() {
diff --git a/distrobox-stop b/distrobox-stop
index 86d238943e..9b18bca7d3 100755
--- a/distrobox-stop
+++ b/distrobox-stop
@@ -38,9 +38,13 @@ if [ -n "${SUDO_USER}" ] || [ -n "${DOAS_USER}" ]; then
 fi
 
 # Defaults
+all=0
 container_manager="autodetect"
+distrobox_flags=""
+distrobox_path="$(dirname "$(realpath "${0}")")"
 container_name=""
 container_name_default="my-distrobox"
+container_name_list=""
 non_interactive=0
 # If the user runs this script as root in a login shell, set rootful=1.
 # There's no need for them to pass the --root flag option in such cases.
@@ -100,7 +104,7 @@ Usage:
 
 Options:
 
-	--name/-n:		name for the distrobox
+	--all/-a:		stop all distroboxes
 	--yes/-Y:		non-interactive, stop without asking
 	--help/-h:		show this message
 	--root/-r:		launch podman/docker with root privileges. Note that if you need root this is the preferred
@@ -119,6 +123,10 @@ while :; do
 			show_help
 			exit 0
 			;;
+		-a | --all)
+			shift
+			all=1
+			;;
 		-r | --root)
 			shift
 			rootful=1
@@ -131,13 +139,6 @@ while :; do
 			printf "distrobox: %s\n" "${version}"
 			exit 0
 			;;
-		-n | --name)
-			if [ -n "$2" ]; then
-				container_name="$2"
-				shift
-				shift
-			fi
-			;;
 		-Y | --yes)
 			non_interactive=1
 			shift
@@ -155,7 +156,7 @@ while :; do
 			# If we have a flagless option and container_name is not specified
 			# then let's accept argument as container_name
 			if [ -n "$1" ]; then
-				container_name="$1"
+				container_name_list="${container_name_list} $1"
 				shift
 			else
 				break
@@ -216,19 +217,31 @@ fi
 # prepend sudo (or the specified sudo program) if we want podman or docker to be rootful
 if [ "${rootful}" -ne 0 ]; then
 	container_manager="${distrobox_sudo_program-} ${container_manager}"
+	distrobox_flags="--root"
 fi
 
-# Inspect the container we're working with.
-container_exists="$?"
-# Does the container exist? check if inspect reported errors
-if [ "${container_exists}" -gt 0 ]; then
-	printf >&2 "Cannot find container %s, does it exist?\n" "${container_name}"
-	exit 1
+# If all, just set container_name to the list of names in distrobox-list
+if [ "${all}" -ne 0 ]; then
+	# prepend sudo (or the specified sudo program) if we want podman or docker to be rootful
+	# shellcheck disable=SC2086,2248
+	container_name_list="$("${distrobox_path}"/distrobox-list ${distrobox_flags} --no-color |
+		tail -n +2 | cut -d'|' -f2 | tr -d ' ' | tr '\n' ' ')"
+fi
+
+if [ -z "${container_name_list}" ] && [ "${all}" -ne 0 ]; then
+	printf >&2 "No containers found.\n"
+	exit 0
 fi
 
+# check if we have containers to delete
+if [ -z "${container_name_list}" ]; then
+	container_name_list="${container_name_default}"
+fi
+
+
 if [ "${non_interactive}" -eq 0 ]; then
 	# Prompt to stop the container.
-	printf "Do you really want to stop %s? [Y/n]: " "${container_name}"
+	printf "Do you really want to stop %s? [Y/n]: " "${container_name_list}"
 	read -r response
 	response="${response:-"Y"}"
 else
@@ -239,7 +252,7 @@ fi
 case "${response}" in
 	y | Y | Yes | yes | YES)
 		# Stop the container
-		${container_manager} stop "${container_name}"
+		${container_manager} stop ${container_name_list}
 		;;
 	n | N | No | no | NO)
 		printf "Aborted.\n"
diff --git a/docs/usage/distrobox-stop.md b/docs/usage/distrobox-stop.md
index 035e78ebf2..9b981d5325 100644
--- a/docs/usage/distrobox-stop.md
+++ b/docs/usage/distrobox-stop.md
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ subsequent enters are really quick. This is how they can be stopped.
 
 **distrobox stop**
 
-	--name/-n:		name for the distrobox
+	--all/-a:		stop all distroboxes
 	--yes/-Y:		non-interactive, stop without asking
 	--help/-h:		show this message
 	--root/-r:		launch podman/docker with root privileges. Note that if you need root this is the preferred
@@ -26,8 +26,9 @@ subsequent enters are really quick. This is how they can be stopped.
 
 # EXAMPLES
 
-	distrobox-stop --name container-name
+	distrobox-stop container-name1 container-name2
 	distrobox-stop container-name
+	distrobox-stop --all
 
 You can also use environment variables to specify container manager and name: