Deleting a volume

1. 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.

2. 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   |             |
+----------------+-----------------+-----------+------+-------------+