diff --git a/Watchdogs/docker_watchdog.sh b/Watchdogs/docker_watchdog.sh
index 12cb930..b4ff684 100755
--- a/Watchdogs/docker_watchdog.sh
+++ b/Watchdogs/docker_watchdog.sh
@@ -676,6 +676,26 @@ CYCLE_START=$(date +%s)
     done
 
     # ── Skip list and intentional stops visibility ───────────────────────────────────────────
+    # Prune entries for containers that no longer exist at all (uninstalled/removed) from both
+    # state files. Neither remove_from_skip_list() nor clear_intentional_stop() can ever fire
+    # for one of these — both only trigger when a container is "seen running again," which never
+    # happens for something that's been uninstalled — so without this an entry nags every cycle
+    # forever (confirmed live 2026-07-19: Healarr, uninstalled weeks earlier, still flagged every
+    # run). Snapshot into an array first — sed -i rewriting the same file a `while read < file`
+    # loop is still iterating is the classic gotcha this avoids.
+    for _prune_file in "$DOCKER_WATCHDOG_FAILED_FILE" "$DOCKER_WATCHDOG_INTENTIONAL_FILE"; do
+        [[ -s "$_prune_file" ]] || continue
+        mapfile -t _prune_snapshot < "$_prune_file"
+        for _prune_container in "${_prune_snapshot[@]}"; do
+            [[ -z "$_prune_container" ]] && continue
+            if ! timeout "$DOCKER_TIMEOUT" docker inspect "$_prune_container" &>/dev/null; then
+                sed -i "/^${_prune_container}$/d" "$_prune_file" 2>/dev/null
+                warn "$_prune_container no longer exists — removed from $(basename "$_prune_file")"
+            fi
+        done
+    done
+    unset _prune_file _prune_snapshot _prune_container
+
     _skip_contents=$(cat "$DOCKER_WATCHDOG_FAILED_FILE" 2>/dev/null | tr '\n' ' ' | xargs)
     [[ -n "$_skip_contents" ]] && warn "$ICON_SKIP Skip list active: $_skip_contents — manual intervention needed"
     _intentional_contents=$(cat "$DOCKER_WATCHDOG_INTENTIONAL_FILE" 2>/dev/null | tr '\n' ' ' | xargs)