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20.31. Deleting Storage Volumes

The virsh vol-delete vol pool command deletes a given volume. The command requires a the name or UUID of the storage pool the volume is in as well as the name of the storage volume. In lieu of the volume name the key or path of the volume to delete may also be used.

Example 20.91. How to delete a storage volume

The following example deletes a storage volume named new-vol, which contains the storage pool vdisk:
# virsh vol-delete new-vol vdisk

vol new-vol deleted