Deleting a volume¶
- To delete your volume, you must first detach it from the server. To detach the volume from your server and check for the list of existing volumes, see steps 1 and 2 in Resize_a_volume.
Delete the volume using either the volume name or ID:
$ openstack volume delete my-new-volume
This command does not provide any output.
- List the volumes again, and note that the status of your volume is deleting:
$ openstack volume list
+----------------+-----------------+-----------+------+-------------+
| ID | Display Name | Status | Size | Attached to |
+----------------+-----------------+-----------+------+-------------+
| 573e024d-52... | my-new-volume | deleting | 8 | |
| bd7cf584-45... | my-bootable-vol | available | 8 | |
+----------------+-----------------+-----------+------+-------------+
When the volume is fully deleted, it disappears from the list of volumes:
$ openstack volume list
+----------------+-----------------+-----------+------+-------------+
| ID | Display Name | Status | Size | Attached to |
+----------------+-----------------+-----------+------+-------------+
| bd7cf584-45... | my-bootable-vol | available | 8 | |
+----------------+-----------------+-----------+------+-------------+