podman-volume-rm(1) General Commands Manual podman-volume-rm(1)

# [NAME](#NAME)

podman-volume-rm - Remove one or more volumes

# [SYNOPSIS](#SYNOPSIS)

**podman volume rm** \[*options*] *volume* \[...]

# [DESCRIPTION](#DESCRIPTION)

Removes one or more volumes. Only volumes that are not being used are removed. If a volume is being used by a container, an error is returned unless the **--force** flag is being used. To remove all volumes, use the **--all** flag. Volumes can be removed individually by providing their full name or a unique partial name.

# [OPTIONS](#OPTIONS)

## **--all**, **-a**

Remove all volumes.

## **--force**, **-f**

Remove a volume by force. If it is being used by containers, the containers are removed first.

## **--help**

Print usage statement

## **--time**, **-t**=*seconds*

Seconds to wait before forcibly stopping running containers that are using the specified volume. The --force option must be specified to use the --time option. Use -1 for infinite wait.

# [EXAMPLES](#EXAMPLES)

Remove multiple specified volumes.

```
$ podman volume rm myvol1 myvol2
```

Remove all volumes.

```
$ podman volume rm --all
```

Remove the specified volume even if it is in use. Note, this removes all containers using the volume.

```
$ podman volume rm --force myvol
```

# [Exit Status](#Exit_Status)

**0** All specified volumes removed

**1** One of the specified volumes did not exist, and no other failures

**2** One of the specified volumes is being used by a container

**125** The command fails for any other reason

# [SEE ALSO](#SEE_ALSO)

[**podman(1)**](/man/enterprise-packages/podman-doc-5.8/podman.1), [**podman-volume(1)**](/man/enterprise-packages/podman-doc-5.8/podman-volume.1)

# [HISTORY](#HISTORY)

November 2018, Originally compiled by Urvashi Mohnani umohnani@redhat.com ⟨mailto:umohnani@redhat.com⟩

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Document: podman-volume-rm(1) from podman-doc-5.8 5.8.9-r2 (Chainguard OS)
Source: https://github.com/containers/podman