volume

Docker volumes

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Updated: 02 March 2026

https://docs.docker.com/storage/volumes/

  • Volumes can be shared among multiple containers.
  • Volumes work on both Linux and Windows containers.
  • Volume drivers let you store volumes on remote hosts

For a (docker compose) single file

services:
    web:
        volumes:
            - ./foo.conf:/etc/nginx/conf.d/foo.conf

List all docker volumes

docker volume ls

Inspect a volume

docker volume inspect my-vol
[
    {
        "Driver": "local",
        "Labels": {},
        "Mountpoint": "/var/lib/docker/volumes/my-vol/_data",
        "Name": "my-vol",
        "Options": {},
        "Scope": "local"
    }
]

Delete a volume

docker volume rm my-vol

Delete all volumes

docker volume rm $(docker volume ls -q)

List volumes for a container

docker inspect -f '{{ .Mounts }}' containerid

Remove local and anonymous volumes not referenced by any containers

docker volume prune