| # volume rm | |
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| Remove one or more volumes. You cannot remove a volume that is in use by a container. | |
| ### Aliases | |
| `docker volume rm`, `docker volume remove` | |
| ### Options | |
| | Name | Type | Default | Description | | |
| |:----------------|:-------|:--------|:-----------------------------------------| | |
| | `-f`, `--force` | `bool` | | Force the removal of one or more volumes | | |
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| ## Description | |
| Remove one or more volumes. You can't remove a volume that's in use by a container. | |
| ## Examples | |
| ```console | |
| $ docker volume rm hello | |
| hello | |
| ``` | |
| ## Related commands | |
| * [volume create](volume_create.md) | |
| * [volume inspect](volume_inspect.md) | |
| * [volume ls](volume_ls.md) | |
| * [volume prune](volume_prune.md) | |
| * [Understand Data Volumes](https://docs.docker.com/storage/volumes/) |