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title: "volume prune"
description: "Remove unused volumes"
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keywords: "volume, prune, delete"
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---
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# volume prune
```markdown
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Usage: docker volume prune [OPTIONS]
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Remove all unused volumes
Options:
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--filter filter Provide filter values (e.g. 'label=< label > ')
-f, --force Do not prompt for confirmation
--help Print usage
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```
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## Description
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Remove all unused volumes. Unused volumes are those which are not referenced by any containers
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## Examples
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```bash
$ docker volume prune
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WARNING! This will remove all volumes not used by at least one container.
Are you sure you want to continue? [y/N] y
Deleted Volumes:
07c7bdf3e34ab76d921894c2b834f073721fccfbbcba792aa7648e3a7a664c2e
my-named-vol
Total reclaimed space: 36 B
```
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## Filtering
The filtering flag (`-f` or `--filter` ) format is of "key=value". If there is more
than one filter, then pass multiple flags (e.g., `--filter "foo=bar" --filter "bif=baz"` )
The currently supported filters are:
* label (`label=< key > `, `label=<key>=<value>` , `label!=<key>` , or `label!=<key>=<value>` ) - only remove volumes with (or without, in case `label!=...` is used) the specified labels.
The `label` filter accepts two formats. One is the `label=...` (`label=< key > ` or `label=<key>=<value>` ),
which removes volumes with the specified labels. The other
format is the `label!=...` (`label!=< key > ` or `label!=<key>=<value>` ), which removes
volumes without the specified labels.
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## Related commands
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* [volume create ](volume_create.md )
* [volume ls ](volume_ls.md )
* [volume inspect ](volume_inspect.md )
* [volume rm ](volume_rm.md )
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* [Understand Data Volumes ](https://docs.docker.com/engine/tutorials/dockervolumes/ )
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* [system df ](system_df.md )
* [container prune ](container_prune.md )
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* [image prune ](image_prune.md )
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* [network prune ](network_prune.md )
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* [system prune ](system_prune.md )