github.com/flavio/docker@v0.1.3-0.20170117145210-f63d1a6eec47/docs/reference/commandline/volume_rm.md (about) 1 --- 2 title: "volume rm" 3 description: "the volume rm command description and usage" 4 keywords: "volume, rm" 5 --- 6 7 <!-- This file is maintained within the docker/docker Github 8 repository at https://github.com/docker/docker/. Make all 9 pull requests against that repo. If you see this file in 10 another repository, consider it read-only there, as it will 11 periodically be overwritten by the definitive file. Pull 12 requests which include edits to this file in other repositories 13 will be rejected. 14 --> 15 16 # volume rm 17 18 ```markdown 19 Usage: docker volume rm [OPTIONS] VOLUME [VOLUME...] 20 21 Remove one or more volumes 22 23 Aliases: 24 rm, remove 25 26 Options: 27 -f, --force Force the removal of one or more volumes 28 --help Print usage 29 ``` 30 31 Remove one or more volumes. You cannot remove a volume that is in use by a container. 32 33 $ docker volume rm hello 34 hello 35 36 ## Related information 37 38 * [volume create](volume_create.md) 39 * [volume inspect](volume_inspect.md) 40 * [volume ls](volume_ls.md) 41 * [volume prune](volume_prune.md) 42 * [Understand Data Volumes](https://docs.docker.com/engine/tutorials/dockervolumes/)