# Okteto destroy still leaves volumes

**URL:** https://community.okteto.com/t/okteto-destroy-still-leaves-volumes/111
**Category:** How Do I?
**Created:** [June 3, 2022, 8:33am UTC](https://community.okteto.com/t/okteto-destroy-still-leaves-volumes/111 "2022-06-03T08:33:09Z")
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### Author: ![mario](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.okteto.com/mario/32/292_2.png) [@mario](https://community.okteto.com/u/mario)
#### Post date: [June 3, 2022, 8:33am UTC](https://community.okteto.com/t/okteto-destroy-still-leaves-volumes/111/1 "2022-06-03T08:33:09Z")

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Hi! I want to destroy all the components with okteto destroy. But after running an okteto down and okteto destroy, it still remains this

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/okteto/original/1X/a3be28078c2e00f03dd8b651dce52d305b7e033f.png)

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### Author: ![tere](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.okteto.com/tere/32/23_2.png) [@tere](https://community.okteto.com/u/tere)
#### Post date: [June 3, 2022, 8:34am UTC](https://community.okteto.com/t/okteto-destroy-still-leaves-volumes/111/2 "2022-06-03T08:34:21Z")

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hi! in order to delete volumes, either using okteto down or okteto destroy, you will need to pass along the flag -v

```auto
okteto destroy -v

okteto down -v

```

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### Author: ![mario](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.okteto.com/mario/32/292_2.png) [@mario](https://community.okteto.com/u/mario)
#### Post date: [June 3, 2022, 9:29am UTC](https://community.okteto.com/t/okteto-destroy-still-leaves-volumes/111/3 "2022-06-03T09:29:44Z")

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Thank you very much Tere!