Deleting an unused volume

When a storage volume is unused and no longer required, you can delete it.

Before you begin

Important: You cannot delete volumes that are currently used by datastores or as a raw-mapped LUN.

In vSphere Web Client, navigate to and then click the row of the volume that you want to delete, and then choose the Delete option by right-clicking the volume row or using the Actions menu.
Figure 1. Delete volume

The Delete Volume confirmation message is displayed.
Click OK to confirm the deletion, or Cancel to exit without deleting the volume.
Note: A volume, whose deletion fails, disappears from the volume list. The volume reappears in the list after the next population.