# Docker remove container completely

Sometimes running `docker rm ...` does not remove a 'volume' that is associated with this container. It is especially noticeable when running large images, like MongoDB (that requires about 3GB or reserved disk space).

To *completely* remove a container, use `-v` flag, like this `docker rm -v ...`.

Here is paragraph from `docker help rm`:

`-v, --volumes=false    Remove the volumes associated with the container
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Related GitHub issue.