> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.rigbox.dev/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Resize and remove volumes

> Change durable storage while the workspace is stopped.

## Prerequisites

Run locally. Back up data you need and record the volume ID returned by the list command. Volume mutations require a stopped workspace.

```bash theme={null}
rig volume ls --workspace WORKSPACE
rig workspace stop --workspace WORKSPACE
```

## Grow a volume

```bash theme={null}
rig volume resize --workspace WORKSPACE --volume VOLUME_ID --size-mb 5120
rig workspace start --workspace WORKSPACE
```

The size is in MiB. Verify the mounted filesystem size from inside the workspace and confirm the application can still read its data. Do not assume shrinking is supported.

## Remove a volume

<Warning>Removing a volume destroys its data. A workspace root-disk snapshot is not a backup of that volume.</Warning>

Stop the workspace, remove the volume from the app's manifest, and then remove the volume by ID:

```bash theme={null}
rig volume rm --workspace WORKSPACE --volume VOLUME_ID
```

Update applications that used the mount before starting them. If the volume remains declared in `rig.yaml`, a later deployment can attempt to create or attach storage again. See [storage recovery](/operate/storage) for backup boundaries.