moby--moby/docs/reference/commandline/volume_rm.md

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# volume rm

    Usage: docker volume rm [OPTIONS] VOLUME [VOLUME...]

    Remove a volume

      --help             Print usage

Removes one or more volumes. You cannot remove a volume that is in use by a container.

    $ docker volume rm hello
    hello

## Related information

* [volume create](volume_create.md)
* [volume inspect](volume_inspect.md)
* [volume ls](volume_ls.md)
* [Understand Data Volumes](../../userguide/containers/dockervolumes.md)
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Fix usage for `docker volume inspect` and `docker volume rm` For both commands, volume is _not_ optional. Several volumes may be specified. Both commands now use the same name (VOLUME) for the command argument. Signed-off-by: Harald Albers <github@albersweb.de> 2015-09-08 09:02:16 -07:00			`Usage: docker volume rm [OPTIONS] VOLUME [VOLUME...]`
Add volume API/CLI Signed-off-by: Brian Goff <cpuguy83@gmail.com> 2015-06-12 09:25:32 -04:00
			`Remove a volume`

remove =false from options that default to false in the docs This re-aligns the docs with what the cmd line now does. Signed-off-by: Doug Davis <dug@us.ibm.com> 2015-12-23 06:37:06 -08:00			`--help Print usage`
Add volume API/CLI Signed-off-by: Brian Goff <cpuguy83@gmail.com> 2015-06-12 09:25:32 -04:00
Fix usage for `docker volume inspect` and `docker volume rm` For both commands, volume is _not_ optional. Several volumes may be specified. Both commands now use the same name (VOLUME) for the command argument. Signed-off-by: Harald Albers <github@albersweb.de> 2015-09-08 09:02:16 -07:00			`Removes one or more volumes. You cannot remove a volume that is in use by a container.`
Add volume API/CLI Signed-off-by: Brian Goff <cpuguy83@gmail.com> 2015-06-12 09:25:32 -04:00
Fixing wrong volume doc format Signed-off-by: Kai Qiang Wu(Kennan) <wkqwu@cn.ibm.com> 2015-11-09 02:17:50 -06:00			`$ docker volume rm hello`
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			`## Related information`

			`* [volume create](volume_create.md)`
			`* [volume inspect](volume_inspect.md)`
			`* [volume ls](volume_ls.md)`
			`* [Understand Data Volumes](../../userguide/containers/dockervolumes.md)`