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# [NAME](#NAME)

docker-volume - Manage volumes

# [SYNOPSIS](#SYNOPSIS)

**docker volume COMMAND**

# [DESCRIPTION](#DESCRIPTION)

The **docker volume** command has subcommands for managing data volumes. A data volume is a specially-designated directory that bypasses storage driver management.

Data volumes persist data independent of a container's life cycle. When you delete a container, the Docker daemon does not delete any data volumes. You can share volumes across multiple containers. Moreover, you can share data volumes with other computing resources in your system.

To see help for a subcommand, use:

```
docker volume COMMAND --help
```

For full details on using docker volume visit Docker's online documentation.

# [SEE ALSO](#SEE_ALSO)

[**docker(1)**](/man/enterprise-packages/docker-cli-fips/docker.1), [**docker-volume-create(1)**](/man/enterprise-packages/docker-cli-fips/docker-volume-create.1), [**docker-volume-inspect(1)**](/man/enterprise-packages/docker-cli-fips/docker-volume-inspect.1), [**docker-volume-ls(1)**](/man/enterprise-packages/docker-cli-fips/docker-volume-ls.1), [**docker-volume-prune(1)**](/man/enterprise-packages/docker-cli-fips/docker-volume-prune.1), [**docker-volume-rm(1)**](/man/enterprise-packages/docker-cli-fips/docker-volume-rm.1), [**docker-volume-update(1)**](/man/enterprise-packages/docker-cli-fips/docker-volume-update.1)

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Document: docker-volume(1) from docker-cli-fips 29.9.0-r1 (Chainguard OS)
Source: https://github.com/docker/cli