NAME

       lvremove - remove a logical volume

SYNOPSIS

       lvremove  [-A|--autobackup  {y|n}]  [-d|--debug]  [-h|--help]  [-t|--test]  [-v|--verbose]
       [--version]         [-f|--force]          [--noudevsync]          LogicalVolume{Name|Path}
       [LogicalVolume{Name|Path}...]

DESCRIPTION

       lvremove  removes  one  or  more  logical  volumes.  Confirmation will be requested before
       deactivating any active logical volume  prior  to  removal.   Logical  volumes  cannot  be
       deactivated  or  removed  while they are open (e.g. if they contain a mounted filesystem).
       Removing an origin logical volume will also remove all dependent snapshots.

       If the logical volume is clustered then it must be deactivated on all nodes in the cluster
       before it can be removed. A single lvchange command issued from one node can do this.

OPTIONS

       See lvm(8) for common options.

       -f, --force
              Remove active logical volumes without confirmation.

       --noudevsync
              Disable udev synchronisation. The process will not wait for notification from udev.
              It will continue irrespective of any possible udev processing  in  the  background.
              You  should  only  use  this  if  udev  is not running or has rules that ignore the
              devices LVM2 creates.

Examples

       Remove  the  active  logical  volume  lvol1  in  volume  group  vg00  without  asking  for
       confirmation:

       lvremove -f vg00/lvol1

       Remove all logical volumes in volume group vg00:

       lvremove vg00

SEE ALSO

       lvcreate(8), lvdisplay(8), lvchange(8), lvm(8), lvs(8), lvscan(8), vgremove(8)