Remove a named volume with docker-compose?
docker-compose down -v
removes all volumes attached. See the docs
There's no way to target the removal of a specific named volume with the docker-compose
cli. Instead this can be achieved using the docker
cli. See the docs.
Use docker volume ls
to find the name of specific volume.
Remove the volume using docker volume rm VOLUME_NAME
. You will need to have stopped and removed containers using the volume.
An example approach:
# Stop and remove container's using the target volume
docker-compose stop NAME_OF_CONTAINER
# We need the force flag, "-f", as the container is still bound to the volume
docker-compose rm -f NAME_OF_CONTAINER
# Next find your volume name in the following list
docker volume ls
# Finally remove the volume
docker volume rm VOLUME_NAME