lvremove

Remove a logical volume

Description

The lvremove command is used to remove an LVM logical volume. If a logical volume is currently mounted, it cannot be removed. It must be unmounted using the umount command before it can be deleted.

Syntax

lvremove [OPTION]... LOGICAL_VOLUME_PATH

Options

-f, --force: Force removal without confirmation.

Parameters

Logical Volume: The path to the logical volume to be removed.

Examples

Remove a specific logical volume:

[root@localhost ~]# lvremove /dev/vg1000/lvol0

Output:

Do you really want to remove active logical 
volume "lvol0"? [y/n]: y
  Logical volume "lvol0" successfully removed