# Permanently deleting a block volume

When an instance is deleted, block volume is remaining and it can be attach to another instance later.

To permanently delete a volume via the dashboard, you can press the 'Delete disk' button in the 'Disk' section.

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Alternatively, you can also permanently delete a volume via the [Public API](/arkane-cloud/api-reference/api-reference/compute-volumes.md).


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