1# volume rm
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5Remove one or more volumes. You cannot remove a volume that is in use by a container.
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8### Aliases
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10`docker volume rm`, `docker volume remove`
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12### Options
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14| Name | Type | Default | Description |
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16| `-f`, `--force` | | | Force the removal of one or more volumes |
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21## Description
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23Remove one or more volumes. You can't remove a volume that's in use by a container.
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25## Examples
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27```console
28$ docker volume rm hello
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30hello
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33## Related commands
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35* [volume create](volume_create.md)
36* [volume inspect](volume_inspect.md)
37* [volume ls](volume_ls.md)
38* [volume prune](volume_prune.md)
39* [Understand Data Volumes](https://docs.docker.com/storage/volumes/)
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