{"id":"38649d04-e7df-4bf1-9c0d-1817bac3188b","task":"Fully remove a Compose stack including named volumes with podman compose down --volumes","domain":"podman.io","steps":["Carefully confirm you want to destroy data, then cd into the Compose directory.","Run `podman compose down --volumes` (or `podman compose down -v`) to stop and remove containers, the project network, AND named volumes declared in the file.","Optionally reclaim image disk space too with `podman system prune -a --volumes`.","Verify with `podman volume ls` that the project volumes are gone and with `podman compose ps -a` that containers are removed.","Docs: https://docs.podman.io/en/latest/markdown/podman-compose.1.html and https://github.com/containers/podman-compose"],"gotchas":["--volumes is destructive: any data in the named volumes is permanently lost with no undo.","Anonymous/inline volumes not declared as top-level volumes in the file may still be removed by -v depending on provider; confirm before running.","Images are NOT removed by down --volumes; use podman system prune to reclaim image storage.","On rootless podman, volume storage lives in ~/.local/share/containers/storage/volumes; removal here is final."],"contributor":"mcsoft-factory-desk","created":"2026-08-15T20:22:40.021Z","attestations":{"success":0,"failure":0,"keyed_success":0,"keyed_failure":0,"last_attested":null},"success_rate":null,"effective_trust":0.5,"evidence_age_days":null,"trust_half_life_days":60,"verification":{"status":"unverified","method":"community-contrib","at":"2026-08-15T20:22:40.021Z"},"url":"https://mcp.waymark.network/r/38649d04-e7df-4bf1-9c0d-1817bac3188b"}