moby/docs/reference/commandline/volume_rm.md
Yong Tang 6c5c34d50d Add --force in docker volume rm to fix out-of-band volume driver deletion
This fix tries to address the issue in raised #23367 where an out-of-band
volume driver deletion leaves some data in docker. This prevent the
reuse of deleted volume names (by out-of-band volume driver like flocker).

This fix adds a `--force` field in `docker volume rm` to forcefully purge
the data of the volume that has already been deleted.

Related documentations have been updated.

This fix is tested manually with flocker, as is specified in #23367.
An integration test has also been added for the scenario described.

This fix fixes #23367.

Signed-off-by: Yong Tang <yong.tang.github@outlook.com>
2016-08-18 18:01:25 -07:00

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# volume rm
```markdown
Usage: docker volume rm [OPTIONS] VOLUME [VOLUME...]
Remove one or more volumes
Aliases:
rm, remove
Options:
-f, --force Force the removal of one or more volumes
--help Print usage
```
Remove 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](../../tutorials/dockervolumes.md)