# Delete select volumes

**URL:** <https://forums.balena.io/t/delete-select-volumes/362998>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [September 22, 2022, 12:12am UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/delete-select-volumes/362998 "2022-09-22T00:12:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![ttmetro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/779978/32.png) [@ttmetro](https://forums.balena.io/u/ttmetro)\
**Post date:** [September 22, 2022, 12:12am UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/delete-select-volumes/362998/1 "2022-09-22T00:12:29Z")

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How can I delete no longer used volumes? I am aware of “purge”, but that deletes all, including inactive volumes.

Can I just delete the relevant folders (e.g. `/mnt/data/docker/volumes/1955711_www`) on the host?

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**Author:** ![zoobot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/3e96dc/32.png) [@zoobot](https://forums.balena.io/u/zoobot)\
**Post date:** [September 23, 2022, 10:40pm UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/delete-select-volumes/362998/2 "2022-09-23T22:40:52Z")

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Hi You can use these commands for volumes after you ssh into device:

```auto
balena ssh deviceid
balena-engine volume ls
balena-engine volume ls -f dangling=true
balena-engine volume rm volume_name volume_name
balena-engine volume prune

```

Let us know if that doesn’t work for you.

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**Author:** ![ttmetro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/779978/32.png) [@ttmetro](https://forums.balena.io/u/ttmetro)\
**Post date:** [September 24, 2022, 4:32pm UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/delete-select-volumes/362998/4 "2022-09-24T16:32:11Z")

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> [@zoobot](#):
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> `balena-engine volume prune`

Thanks, this worked perfectly!

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**Author:** ![zoobot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/3e96dc/32.png) [@zoobot](https://forums.balena.io/u/zoobot)\
**Post date:** [October 1, 2022, 12:48am UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/delete-select-volumes/362998/5 "2022-10-01T00:48:46Z")

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Awesome! Glad it worked for you.