# pvremove(8) - man - phpman > **TLDR:** Remove LVM labels from physical volume(s). > - Remove a LVM label from a physical volume: `sudo pvremove {{/dev/sdXY}}` - Display detailed output during the operation: `sudo pvremove {{-v|--verbose}} {{/dev/sdXY}}` - Remove a LVM label without asking for confirmation: `sudo pvremove {{-y|--yes}} {{/dev/sdXY}}` - Forcefully remove a LVM label: `sudo pvremove {{-f|--force}} {{/dev/sdXY}}` - Display output in JSON format: `sudo pvremove --reportformat json {{/dev/sdXY}}` *Source: tldr-pages* --- [PVREMOVE(8)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/PVREMOVE/8/markdown) System Manager's Manual [PVREMOVE(8)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/PVREMOVE/8/markdown) ## NAME pvremove - Remove LVM label(s) from physical volume(s) ## SYNOPSIS **pvremove** _position_args_ [ _option_args_ ] ## DESCRIPTION pvremove wipes the label on a device so that LVM will no longer recognise it as a PV. A PV cannot be removed from a VG while it is used by an active LV. Repeat the force option (**-ff**) to forcibly remove a PV belonging to an existing VG. Normally, [**vgreduce**(8)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/vgreduce/8/markdown) should be used instead. ## USAGE **pvremove** _PV_ ... [ **-f**|**--force** ] [ **--reportformat** **basic**|**json** ] [ COMMON_OPTIONS ] Common options for lvm: [ **-d**|**--debug** ] [ **-h**|**--help** ] [ **-q**|**--quiet** ] [ **-t**|**--test** ] [ **-v**|**--verbose** ] [ **-y**|**--yes** ] [ **--commandprofile** _String_ ] [ **--config** _String_ ] [ **--driverloaded** **y**|**n** ] [ **--lockopt** _String_ ] [ **--longhelp** ] [ **--nolocking** ] [ **--profile** _String_ ] [ **--version** ] ## OPTIONS **--commandprofile** _String_ The command profile to use for command configuration. See [**lvm.conf**(5)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/lvm.conf/5/markdown) for more infor‐ mation about profiles. **--config** _String_ Config settings for the command. These override lvm.conf settings. The String arg uses the same format as lvm.conf, or may use section/field syntax. See [**lvm.conf**(5)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/lvm.conf/5/markdown) for more information about config. ### -d --debug Set debug level. Repeat from 1 to 6 times to increase the detail of messages sent to the log file and/or syslog (if configured). **--driverloaded** **y**|**n** If set to no, the command will not attempt to use device-mapper. For testing and de‐ bugging. ### -f --force Override various checks, confirmations and protections. Use with extreme caution. ### -h --help Display help text. **--lockopt** _String_ Used to pass options for special cases to lvmlockd. See [**lvmlockd**(8)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/lvmlockd/8/markdown) for more informa‐ tion. ### --longhelp Display long help text. ### --nolocking Disable locking. **--profile** _String_ An alias for --commandprofile or --metadataprofile, depending on the command. ### -q --quiet Suppress output and log messages. Overrides --debug and --verbose. Repeat once to also suppress any prompts with answer 'no'. **--reportformat** **basic**|**json** Overrides current output format for reports which is defined globally by the re‐ port/output_format setting in lvm.conf. **basic** is the original format with columns and rows. If there is more than one report per command, each report is prefixed with the report name for identification. **json** produces report output in JSON format. See **lvmre**‐‐ [**port**(7)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/port/7/markdown) for more information. ### -t --test Run in test mode. Commands will not update metadata. This is implemented by disabling all metadata writing but nevertheless returning success to the calling function. This may lead to unusual error messages in multi-stage operations if a tool relies on read‐ ing back metadata it believes has changed but hasn't. ### -v --verbose Set verbose level. Repeat from 1 to 4 times to increase the detail of messages sent to stdout and stderr. ### --version Display version information. ### -y --yes Do not prompt for confirmation interactively but always assume the answer yes. Use with extreme caution. (For automatic no, see -qq.) ## VARIABLES _PV_ Physical Volume name, a device path under /dev. For commands managing physical ex‐ tents, a PV positional arg generally accepts a suffix indicating a range (or multiple ranges) of physical extents (PEs). When the first PE is omitted, it defaults to the start of the device, and when the last PE is omitted it defaults to end. Start and end range (inclusive): _PV_[**:**_PE_**-**_PE_]... Start and length range (counting from 0): _PV_[**:**_PE_**+**_PE_]... _String_ See the option description for information about the string content. _Size_[UNIT] Size is an input number that accepts an optional unit. Input units are always treated as base two values, regardless of capitalization, e.g. 'k' and 'K' both refer to 1024. The default input unit is specified by letter, followed by |UNIT. UNIT represents other possible input units: **bBsSkKmMgGtTpPeE**. b|B is bytes, s|S is sectors of 512 bytes, k|K is KiB, m|M is MiB, g|G is GiB, t|T is TiB, p|P is PiB, e|E is EiB. (This should not be confused with the output control --units, where capital letters mean multiple of 1000.) ## ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES See [**lvm**(8)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/lvm/8/markdown) for information about environment variables used by lvm. For example, LVM_VG_NAME can generally be substituted for a required VG parameter. ## SEE ALSO [**lvm**(8)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/lvm/8/markdown) [**lvm.conf**(5)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/lvm.conf/5/markdown) [**lvmconfig**(8)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/lvmconfig/8/markdown) [**pvchange**(8)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/pvchange/8/markdown) [**pvck**(8)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/pvck/8/markdown) [**pvcreate**(8)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/pvcreate/8/markdown) [**pvdisplay**(8)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/pvdisplay/8/markdown) [**pvmove**(8)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/pvmove/8/markdown) [**pvremove**(8)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/pvremove/8/markdown) [**pvresize**(8)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/pvresize/8/markdown) [**pvs**(8)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/pvs/8/markdown) **pvs**‐‐ [**can**(8)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/can/8/markdown) [**vgcfgbackup**(8)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/vgcfgbackup/8/markdown) [**vgcfgrestore**(8)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/vgcfgrestore/8/markdown) [**vgchange**(8)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/vgchange/8/markdown) [**vgck**(8)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/vgck/8/markdown) [**vgcreate**(8)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/vgcreate/8/markdown) [**vgconvert**(8)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/vgconvert/8/markdown) [**vgdisplay**(8)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/vgdisplay/8/markdown) **vg**‐‐ [**export**(8)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/export/8/markdown) [**vgextend**(8)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/vgextend/8/markdown) [**vgimport**(8)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/vgimport/8/markdown) [**vgimportclone**(8)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/vgimportclone/8/markdown) [**vgmerge**(8)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/vgmerge/8/markdown) [**vgmknodes**(8)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/vgmknodes/8/markdown) [**vgreduce**(8)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/vgreduce/8/markdown) **vgre**‐‐ [**move**(8)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/move/8/markdown) [**vgrename**(8)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/vgrename/8/markdown) [**vgs**(8)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/vgs/8/markdown) [**vgscan**(8)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/vgscan/8/markdown) [**vgsplit**(8)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/vgsplit/8/markdown) [**lvcreate**(8)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/lvcreate/8/markdown) [**lvchange**(8)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/lvchange/8/markdown) [**lvconvert**(8)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/lvconvert/8/markdown) [**lvdisplay**(8)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/lvdisplay/8/markdown) [**lvextend**(8)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/lvextend/8/markdown) [**lvreduce**(8)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/lvreduce/8/markdown) [**lvremove**(8)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/lvremove/8/markdown) **lvre**‐‐ [**name**(8)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/name/8/markdown) [**lvresize**(8)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/lvresize/8/markdown) [**lvs**(8)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/lvs/8/markdown) [**lvscan**(8)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/lvscan/8/markdown) [**lvm-fullreport**(8)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/lvm-fullreport/8/markdown) [**lvm-lvpoll**(8)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/lvm-lvpoll/8/markdown) [**lvm2-activation-generator**(8)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/lvm2-activation-generator/8/markdown) [**blkdeactivate**(8)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/blkdeactivate/8/markdown) [**lvmdump**(8)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/lvmdump/8/markdown) [**dmeventd**(8)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/dmeventd/8/markdown) [**lvmpolld**(8)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/lvmpolld/8/markdown) [**lvmlockd**(8)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/lvmlockd/8/markdown) [**lvmlockctl**(8)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/lvmlockctl/8/markdown) [**cmirrord**(8)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/cmirrord/8/markdown) [**lvmdbusd**(8)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/lvmdbusd/8/markdown) [**lvmsystemid**(7)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/lvmsystemid/7/markdown) [**lvmreport**(7)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/lvmreport/7/markdown) [**lvmraid**(7)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/lvmraid/7/markdown) [**lvmthin**(7)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/lvmthin/7/markdown) [**lvmcache**(7)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/lvmcache/7/markdown) Red Hat, Inc. 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