chadoe/docker-cleanup-volumes

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1436 stars · 195 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

A shell script that deletes orphaned Docker volumes from /var/lib/docker/volumes and /var/lib/docker/vfs/dir. It can run standalone or as a Docker container and supports a --dry-run mode for safe testing.

Use cases

• clean up orphaned docker volumes
• reclaim disk space used by dangling docker volumes
• delete unused volumes from /var/lib/docker/volumes
• run volume cleanup inside a docker container
• preview which docker volumes would be deleted with dry-run

When to choose

• you run Docker 1.4.x to 1.13.x and want an automated volume cleanup script
• you want to run cleanup as a container mounting the docker socket and /var/lib/docker
• you need verbose or dry-run output before deleting volumes

When to avoid

• you use Docker 1.9+ where built-in 'docker volume prune' covers the same need
• you run Docker via boot2docker or docker machine from a Mac
• you have unbacked-up volumes or custom files in /var/lib/docker/volumes

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cli-tool · maturity maintenance

developer-tools cli file-system developer-tools cli docker docker-volumes cleanup shell-script disk-space devops containers linux

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