How to Delete Volumes
Validated on 2 Oct 2019 • Last edited on 2 Jul 2024
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Volumes are network-based block devices that provide additional data storage for Droplets. You can move them between Droplets, create disk images of them, and resize them at any time.
To remove a volume from a Droplet, you can either detach the volume or delete the volume.
Detaching a volume removes the volume from its current Droplet. You can attach the volume and all of its contents to a different Droplet as needed.Deleting a volume permanently destroys the volume and its contents. This action cannot be reversed.
Delete a Volume Using Automation
Before deleting a volume, unmount it to prevent data loss.
How to Delete a Volume Using the DigitalOcean CLI
Install doctl ,
the DigitalOcean command-line tool.
Create a personal access token
and save it for use with doctl.
Use the token to grant doctl access to your
DigitalOcean account.
doctl auth init
Finally, run doctl compute volume delete. Basic usage looks like
this, but you can read the usage docs
for more details :
doctl compute volume delete <volume-id> [flags]
The following example deletes a volume with the UUID f81d4fae-7dec-11d0-a765-00a0c91e6bf6:
doctl compute volume delete f81d4fae-7dec-11d0-a765-00a0c91e6bf6
How to Delete a Volume Using the DigitalOcean API
Create a personal access
token and save it for use with the API.
Send a DELETE request to
https://api.digitalocean.com/v2/volumes/{volume_id}
cURL
Using cURL:
curl -X DELETE \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $DIGITALOCEAN_TOKEN" \
"https://api.digitalocean.com/v2/volumes/7724db7c-e098-11e5-b522-000f53304e51"
Go
Using Godo , the
official DigitalOcean V2 API client for Go:
import (
"context"
"os"
"github.com/digitalocean/godo"
)
func main() {
token := os.Getenv("DIGITALOCEAN_TOKEN")
client := godo.NewFromToken(token)
ctx := context.TODO()
_, err := client.Storage.DeleteVolume(ctx, "7724db7c-e098-11e5-b522-000f53304e51")
}
Ruby
Using DropletKit ,
the official DigitalOcean V2 API client for Ruby:
require 'droplet_kit'
token = ENV['DIGITALOCEAN_TOKEN']
client = DropletKit::Client.new(access_token: token)
client.volumes.delete(id: '7724db7c-e098-11e5-b522-000f53304e51')
Python
import os
from pydo import Client
client = Client(token=os.environ.get("DIGITALOCEAN_TOKEN"))
resp = client.volumes.delete(volume_id="7724db7c")
Delete a Volume Using the Control Panel
Before deleting a volume, unmount it to prevent data loss.
You can delete a volume from the volume’s More menu, which is available on the account-level Volumes page .
When you select Delete , a window to confirm the deletion opens.
When you delete a volume, the volume and its contents will be completely deleted. This action is irreversible.
Click Confirm to delete the volume.
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