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Can't delete datasets - Operation not permitted

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I'm trying to delete some datasets that are no longer needed. I'm very short on space and I can't delete them. I have no idea what is using them still because the VM's aren't on anymore. I've tried renaming to delete them but that didn't work.

Solved by JorgeB

  • Community Expert

Are you using zfs destroy pool_name/dataset_name ?

  • Author
18 minutes ago, JorgeB said:

Are you using zfs destroy pool_name/dataset_name ?

This is what I get when using the destroy command.



root@HAL-9000:~# zfs destory working/PSserver-deleteme

unrecognized command 'destory'

usage: zfs command args ...

where 'command' is one of the following:

version [-j]

create [-Pnpuv] [-o property=value] ... <filesystem>

create [-Pnpsv] [-b blocksize] [-o property=value] ... -V <size> <volume>

destroy [-fnpRrv] <filesystem|volume>

destroy [-dnpRrv] <filesystem|volume>@<snap>[%<snap>][,...]

destroy <filesystem|volume>#<bookmark>

snapshot [-r] [-o property=value] ... <filesystem|volume>@<snap> ...

rollback [-rRf] <snapshot>

clone [-p] [-o property=value] ... <snapshot> <filesystem|volume>

promote <clone-filesystem>

rename [-f] <filesystem|volume|snapshot> <filesystem|volume|snapshot>

rename -p [-f] <filesystem|volume> <filesystem|volume>

rename -u [-f] <filesystem> <filesystem>

rename -r <snapshot> <snapshot>

bookmark <snapshot|bookmark> <newbookmark>

diff [-FHth] <snapshot> [snapshot|filesystem]

list [-Hp] [-j [--json-int]] [-r|-d max] [-o property[,...]] [-s property]...

[-S property]... [-t type[,...]] [filesystem|volume|snapshot] ...

set [-u] <property=value> ... <filesystem|volume|snapshot> ...

get [-rHp] [-j [--json-int]] [-d max] [-o "all" | field[,...]]

[-t type[,...]] [-s source[,...]]

<"all" | property[,...]> [filesystem|volume|snapshot|bookmark] ...

inherit [-rS] <property> <filesystem|volume|snapshot> ...

upgrade [-v]

upgrade [-r] [-V version] <-a | filesystem ...>

userspace [-Hinp] [-o field[,...]] [-s field] ...

[-S field] ... [-t type[,...]] <filesystem|snapshot|path>

groupspace [-Hinp] [-o field[,...]] [-s field] ...

[-S field] ... [-t type[,...]] <filesystem|snapshot|path>

projectspace [-Hp] [-o field[,...]] [-s field] ...

[-S field] ... <filesystem|snapshot|path>

project [-d|-r] <directory|file ...>

project -c [-0] [-d|-r] [-p id] <directory|file ...>

project -C [-k] [-r] <directory ...>

project [-p id] [-r] [-s] <directory ...>

mount [-j]

mount [-flvO] [-o opts] <-a|-R filesystem|filesystem>

unmount [-fu] <-a | filesystem|mountpoint>

share [-l] <-a [nfs|smb] | filesystem>

unshare <-a [nfs|smb] | filesystem|mountpoint>

send [-DLPbcehnpsVvw] [-i|-I snapshot]

[-R [-X dataset[,dataset]...]] <snapshot>

send [-DnVvPLecw] [-i snapshot|bookmark] <filesystem|volume|snapshot>

send [-DnPpVvLec] [-i bookmark|snapshot] --redact <bookmark> <snapshot>

send [-nVvPe] -t <receive_resume_token>

send [-PnVv] --saved filesystem

receive [-vMnsFhu] [-o <property>=<value>] ... [-x <property>] ...

<filesystem|volume|snapshot>

receive [-vMnsFhu] [-o <property>=<value>] ... [-x <property>] ...

[-d | -e] <filesystem>

receive -A <filesystem|volume>

redact <snapshot> <bookmark> <redaction_snapshot> ...

allow <filesystem|volume>

allow [-ldug] <"everyone"|user|group>[,...] <perm|@setname>[,...]

<filesystem|volume>

allow [-ld] -e <perm|@setname>[,...] <filesystem|volume>

allow -c <perm|@setname>[,...] <filesystem|volume>

allow -s @setname <perm|@setname>[,...] <filesystem|volume>

unallow [-rldug] <"everyone"|user|group>[,...]

[<perm|@setname>[,...]] <filesystem|volume>

unallow [-rld] -e [<perm|@setname>[,...]] <filesystem|volume>

unallow [-r] -c [<perm|@setname>[,...]] <filesystem|volume>

unallow [-r] -s @setname [<perm|@setname>[,...]] <filesystem|volume>

hold [-r] <tag> <snapshot> ...

holds [-rHp] <snapshot> ...

release [-r] <tag> <snapshot> ...

load-key [-rn] [-L <keylocation>] <-a | filesystem|volume>

unload-key [-r] <-a | filesystem|volume>

change-key [-l] [-o keyformat=<value>]

[-o keylocation=<value>] [-o pbkdf2iters=<value>]

<filesystem|volume>

change-key -i [-l] <filesystem|volume>

program [-jn] [-t <instruction limit>] [-m <memory limit (b)>]

<pool> <program file> [lua args...]

rewrite [-rvx] [-o <offset>] [-l <length>] <directory|file ...>

wait [-t <activity>] <filesystem>

zone <nsfile> <filesystem>

unzone <nsfile> <filesystem>

Each dataset is of the form: pool/[dataset/]*dataset[@name]

For the property list, run: zfs set|get

For the delegated permission list, run: zfs allow|unallow

For further help on a command or topic, run: zfs help [<topic>]

  • Community Expert
14 minutes ago, downloadedskill said:

zfs destory

There's a typo, it's destroy

  • Author
3 minutes ago, JorgeB said:

There's a typo, it's destroy

Pretend you didn't see that. It says the dataset doesn't exist but I see it in ZFS Master. I double checked the spelling! When I go to the folder though it's empty. I then tried to delete the folder and nothing happened.

5 minutes ago, JorgeB said:

There's a typo, it's destroy

  • Community Expert

Post the output from zfs list -t all and indicate the one you want to remove.

  • Author

Looking to delete the PSserver-deleteme

NAME USED AVAIL REFER MOUNTPOINT

working 1.62T 1.08T 209K /mnt/working

working/Backups 140K 1.08T 140K /mnt/working/Backups

working/appdata 286M 1.08T 186K /mnt/working/appdata

working/appdata@2026-02-20-154435 55.1M - 141M -

working/appdata@autosnap_2026-02-23_07:13:29_monthly 0B - 105M -

working/appdata@autosnap_2026-02-23_07:13:29_weekly 0B - 105M -

working/appdata@autosnap_2026-02-23_07:13:29_daily 0B - 105M -

working/appdata@syncoid_HAL-9000_2026-02-23:07:21:08-GMT-05:00 279K - 843K -

working/appdata/DiskSpeed 140K 1.08T 140K /mnt/working/appdata/DiskSpeed

working/appdata/DiskSpeed@syncoid_HAL-9000_2026-02-23:07:21:09-GMT-05:00 0B - 140K -

working/appdata/binhex-krusader 125M 1.08T 106M /mnt/working/appdata/binhex-krusader

working/appdata/binhex-krusader@syncoid_HAL-9000_2026-02-23:07:21:09-GMT-05:00 19.3M - 106M -

working/appdata/duckdns 145K 1.08T 145K /mnt/working/appdata/duckdns

working/appdata/duckdns@syncoid_HAL-9000_2026-02-23:07:21:09-GMT-05:00 0B - 145K -

working/domains 1.61T 1.08T 174K /mnt/working/domains

working/domains@2026-02-19-090904 1.25G - 590G -

working/domains@2026-02-19-093442 903M - 590G -

working/domains@2026-02-19-132641 93K - 588G -

working/domains@2026-02-19-135548 7.29G - 743G -

working/domains@2026-02-19-144634 301M - 743G -

working/domains@2026-02-19-150029 354M - 743G -

working/domains@autosnap_2026-02-23_07:18:09_monthly 0B - 301G -

working/domains@autosnap_2026-02-23_07:18:09_weekly 0B - 301G -

working/domains@autosnap_2026-02-23_07:18:09_daily 0B - 301G -

working/domains@syncoid_HAL-9000_2026-02-23:07:23:50-GMT-05:00 81.4K - 174K -

working/domains/PS Server - Fresh 33.8G 1.08T 32.0G /mnt/working/domains/PS Server - Fresh

working/domains/PS Server - Fresh@autosnap_2026-02-23_07:18:09_monthly 0B - 32.7G -

working/domains/PS Server - Fresh@autosnap_2026-02-23_07:18:09_weekly 0B - 32.7G -

working/domains/PS Server - Fresh@autosnap_2026-02-23_07:18:09_daily 0B - 32.7G -

working/domains/PS Server - Fresh@syncoid_HAL-9000_2026-02-23:07:35:29-GMT-05:00 0B - 32.7G -

working/domains/PSserver-deleteme 458G 1.08T 140K /mnt/working/domains/PSserver-deleteme

working/domains/PSserver-deleteme@2026-02-19-145953 0B - 456G -

working/domains/PSserver-deleteme@2026-02-19-150029 0B - 456G -

working/domains/PSserver-deleteme@autosnap_2026-02-23_07:18:09_monthly 0B - 445G -

working/domains/PSserver-deleteme@autosnap_2026-02-23_07:18:09_weekly 0B - 445G -

working/domains/PSserver-deleteme@autosnap_2026-02-23_07:18:09_daily 0B - 445G -

working/domains/PSserver-deleteme@syncoid_HAL-9000_2026-02-23:07:36:00-GMT-05:00 11.6K - 140K -

working/domains/Switch 1023K 1.08T 140K /mnt/working/domains/Switch

working/domains/Switch@2026-02-19-093442 116K - 407K -

working/domains/Switch@2026-02-19-101712 384K - 698K -

working/domains/Switch@2026-02-19-102259 93K - 407K -

working/domains/Switch@2026-02-19-135548 0B - 140K -

working/domains/Switch@2026-02-19-144634 0B - 140K -

working/domains/Switch@2026-02-19-144704 0B - 140K -

working/domains/Switch@2026-02-19-144716 0B - 140K -

working/domains/Switch@2026-02-19-150029 0B - 140K -

working/domains/Switch@autosnap_2026-02-23_07:18:09_monthly 0B - 140K -

working/domains/Switch@autosnap_2026-02-23_07:18:09_weekly 0B - 140K -

working/domains/Switch@autosnap_2026-02-23_07:18:09_daily 0B - 140K -

working/domains/SwitchServer 343G 1.08T 149G /mnt/working/domains/SwitchServer

working/domains/SwitchServer@2026-02-19-150344 5.72G - 316G -

working/domains/SwitchServer@2026-02-20-102439 3.82G - 316G -

working/domains/SwitchServer@autosnap_2026-02-23_07:18:09_monthly 0B - 307G -

working/domains/SwitchServer@autosnap_2026-02-23_07:18:09_weekly 0B - 307G -

working/domains/SwitchServer@autosnap_2026-02-23_07:18:09_daily 0B - 307G -

working/isos 753M 1.08T 753M /mnt/working/isos

working/public 9.81G 1.08T 9.81G /mnt/working/public

working/system 4.64G 1.08T 4.64G /mnt/working/system

working/zfs 267M 1.08T 140K /mnt/working/zfs

working/zfs/working_appdata 267M 1.08T 163K /mnt/working/zfs/working_appdata

working/zfs/working_appdata@2026-02-20-154435 55.1M - 141M -

working/zfs/working_appdata@autosnap_2026-02-23_07:13:29_monthly 0B - 105M -

working/zfs/working_appdata@autosnap_2026-02-23_07:13:29_weekly 0B - 105M -

working/zfs/working_appdata@autosnap_2026-02-23_07:13:29_daily 0B - 105M -

working/zfs/working_appdata@syncoid_HAL-9000_2026-02-23:07:21:08-GMT-05:00 326K - 843K -

working/zfs/working_appdata/DiskSpeed 221K 1.08T 140K /mnt/working/zfs/working_appdata/DiskSpeed

working/zfs/working_appdata/DiskSpeed@syncoid_HAL-9000_2026-02-23:07:21:09-GMT-05:00 81.4K - 140K -

working/zfs/working_appdata/binhex-krusader 106M 1.08T 174K /mnt/working/zfs/working_appdata/binhex-krusader

working/zfs/working_appdata/binhex-krusader@syncoid_HAL-9000_2026-02-23:07:21:09-GMT-05:00 106M - 106M -

working/zfs/working_appdata/duckdns 238K 1.08T 140K /mnt/working/zfs/working_appdata/duckdns

working/zfs/working_appdata/duckdns@syncoid_HAL-9000_2026-02-23:07:21:09-GMT-05:00 98.8K - 145K -

  • Community Expert
  • Solution

try zfs destroy -r working/domains/PSserver-deleteme

  • Author
10 minutes ago, JorgeB said:

try zfs destroy -r working/domains/PSserver-deleteme

That did it. I didn't realize I needed the whole location like that. Thank you for correcting my stupidity!

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