Deleting docker subvolumes

In wanting to clear up disk space on my SSD btrfs partition I discovered I had ~11GB used in old docker subvolumes.

asus-roc:~ # ls -al /var/lib/docker/btrfs/subvolumes/
total 0
drwx------ 1 root root 4756 Feb 11  2021 .
drwx------ 1 root root   20 Nov 27  2019 ..
drwxr-xr-x 1 root root  132 Feb 10  2021 052e0a151e6fd226375513f8ce22efcd30839eecba95c24a7bc67c6bacea32f2
drwxr-xr-x 1 root root  132 Nov 27  2019 09a657d9b9b1d9014f4cc26c59e634472a9ce6ff6d4f086de207cd8e6ad451dd
drwxr-xr-x 1 root root  132 Feb 10  2021 0bbfff8cd7dfdf1fef95953adaf2d8c266d357e88c5078ac56aae462dac610b9
drwxr-xr-x 1 root root  132 Nov 27  2019 168f816eac83044a372dd0d0bf05b860960baf0024ee840953673e876eb932e8
drwxr-xr-x 1 root root  132 Nov 27  2019 1c588862be05423903c5c6c1105a332e8978f3e4f268da2b4049019194e0a8cd
drwxr-xr-x 1 root root  132 Nov 27  2019 2d77ecb84c9dbaab7fc3a96675cf24d08455b887a10760b2f764ead67d49d0c4
drwxr-xr-x 1 root root  202 Nov 27  2019 2d95986aa0f950b893272aa382c9e4a8ccacf04be43719311a95c6b52d6b6c69
drwxr-xr-x 1 root root  132 Feb 10  2021 45e5bab0283fc6aafa144765807af8de996b972a21ef222a9c6d38ab60836bb0
drwxr-xr-x 1 root root  132 Nov 27  2019 47ed56484b8b4ca01ac4bbd07ca2c4833b2e8714ce1ff4e84acfb647f848ce0e
drwxr-xr-x 1 root root  132 Nov 27  2019 52a49e66df44929d017017af57b464aac5b5c9c0fff234bf7952fcc8f294569d
drwxr-xr-x 1 root root  114 Feb 11  2021 595a0feddb07fd082a4ddf85fd89bbab2ef5d615f032199c05e00e323ba036fd
drwxr-xr-x 1 root root  132 Nov 27  2019 5bd570810f295b4cdc5901672d344391c09a793db6057b7e2e1f69aa502ebb97
drwxr-xr-x 1 root root  114 Feb 11  2021 5fece4134a919d540d01957f56df53917a08bc2187f8c1d74ccbba930c7632dd
drwxr-xr-x 1 root root  136 Feb 11  2021 6e623fa2a02d1d9f419ca0ee16028bafa1fcdbda083d0bc33914d8cf83ad1a68
drwxr-xr-x 1 root root  140 Feb 11  2021 7566adc5566d3d2bdbefa245fa0ac8c07237a2e66899b1e642273018393f51e9
drwxr-xr-x 1 root root  132 Nov 27  2019 767080e1434bc0daef1dcc037ec449f449a82b012ee72563a623b14a7845273b
drwxr-xr-x 1 root root  156 Feb 11  2021 7cf1af167259842c5f1e3ee454afc8d29d802850cb4f994290cc0ff4d6ba53d4
drwxr-xr-x 1 root root  156 Feb 11  2021 7cf1af167259842c5f1e3ee454afc8d29d802850cb4f994290cc0ff4d6ba53d4-init
drwxr-xr-x 1 root root  156 Feb 11  2021 816e5c050887518fea53c2206eba13e71ea12fae517b4961c7400f69fcdeb0af
drwxr-xr-x 1 root root  156 Feb 11  2021 816e5c050887518fea53c2206eba13e71ea12fae517b4961c7400f69fcdeb0af-init
drwxr-xr-x 1 root root  136 Feb 11  2021 88792a809c50303eecc275d3a39af7cfa7da8499bba62a05ab84d20feda78bf7
drwxr-xr-x 1 root root  132 Feb 10  2021 93908128d1cd0642d739be17d419fc731f40628a05c572a6ab099d9056f6f682
drwxr-xr-x 1 root root  132 Nov 27  2019 94565281dc6e97bc895668cf43a97a2d36160238d0f3a51987d807b0450b111a
drwxr-xr-x 1 root root  132 Nov 27  2019 a06edd783d7dc232b138ef9630d203a82d2453c23e65acb588a396dcefe2f64e
drwxr-xr-x 1 root root  132 Nov 27  2019 a26a31f15a79f5cc1588feebca6c52d30379f977b8796be5e1efd2740b39e347
drwxr-xr-x 1 root root  132 Nov 27  2019 a33afcbeaf3b8eaa11a541894e1f5a0cfc4697b8a24e831e1c3e10392e3df1e7
drwxr-xr-x 1 root root  140 Feb 11  2021 a99c69e627d4ea45f992682dffe7d5d18bdce4b60495f21e2d67cc2bb212ba7b
drwxr-xr-x 1 root root  114 Feb 11  2021 ab3764f549bd2491c778cbd82619188b1989fdca8e9b2d877cfec2017b75a494
drwxr-xr-x 1 root root  132 Nov 27  2019 ac3c1153e6399887b973c7e00cf494059b9f3138b6e6cbb09ebbfa703a4f7ab9
drwxr-xr-x 1 root root  132 Nov 27  2019 af4933e09baaafdeaf0a01ef6199022416dae5becfb2622f694f141c69b9c3b6
drwxr-xr-x 1 root root  132 Nov 27  2019 b2338b5208bbfa13b3d922116d4478d34154958d750ad10663e2ea1ba75e0a71
drwxr-xr-x 1 root root  132 Nov 27  2019 b251d6107866c30341b7a3bb3d28bd0afe41b1c40216edb9c0a73e50a5e26b76
drwxr-xr-x 1 root root  132 Nov 27  2019 db8219ce4f4e3cdfafe8504c6ec06ea82664885313530e659fc3ff2bf4173412
drwxr-xr-x 1 root root  132 Nov 27  2019 e918dcbab9f489e903d49124e37820f1921afc07598ec7c208ca1a7c43a7f926
drwxr-xr-x 1 root root  202 Nov 27  2019 f08c6cdcb9622b1a08a81b0fa51de80810eb41eb9f2f332e6caf714e69d94404
drwxr-xr-x 1 root root  132 Nov 27  2019 faf652533f7a208b320ed1ea38b15b493ae305104cd967a518741b85c3745146
drwxr-xr-x 1 root root  132 Feb 10  2021 ff202544d0be3662cf2a12c64bcfca9122cd6f2fd14f646b0029d6991882cd8b
asus-roc:~ #

asus-roc:~ # du -hs /var/lib/docker/btrfs/subvolumes/
11G	/var/lib/docker/btrfs/subvolumes/
asus-roc:~ #

I uninstalled docker last year after teaching myself how it works etc. And I’m sure I deleted all containers via the docker cli. Is it just a matter of using rm to delete those directories or should I use YAST2 Partitioner to delete them since those subvolumes are listed there?

Thanks…

Use btrfs subvolume delete to remove them (rm would work if they are empty too).

Required the full path but it got there. Thank you.

btfrs subvolume delete /var/lib/docker/btrfs/subvolumes/*