# lvreduce

> Reduce the size of a logical volume.
> See also: `lvm`.
> More information: <https://manned.org/lvreduce>.

- Reduce a volume's size to 120 GB:

`sudo lvreduce {{[-L|--size]}} {{120G}} {{logical_volume}}`

- Reduce a volume's size by 40 GB as well as the underlying filesystem:

`sudo lvreduce {{[-L|--size]}} -{{40G}} {{[-r|--resizefs]}} {{logical_volume}}`
