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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+ manpage, user manual, usage: VBoxManage unregistervm
+-->
+<!--
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+-->
+<!DOCTYPE refentry PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
+ "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd"[
+<!ENTITY % all.entities SYSTEM "all-entities.ent">
+%all.entities;
+]>
+<refentry id="vboxmanage-unregistervm" lang="en">
+ <refentryinfo>
+ <pubdate>$Date: 2023-01-10 07:35:56 +0100 (Tue, 10 Jan 2023) $</pubdate>
+ <title>VBoxManage unregistervm</title>
+ </refentryinfo>
+
+ <refmeta>
+ <refentrytitle>VBoxManage-unregistervm</refentrytitle>
+ <manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
+ </refmeta>
+
+ <refnamediv>
+ <refname>VBoxManage-unregistervm</refname>
+ <refpurpose>unregister a virtual machine</refpurpose>
+ <refclass>&product-name;</refclass>
+ </refnamediv>
+
+ <refsynopsisdiv>
+ <cmdsynopsis id="synopsis-vboxmanage-unregistervm">
+<!-- The 'id' is mandatory and must start with 'synopsis-'. -->
+ <command>VBoxManage unregistervm</command>
+ <group choice="req">
+ <arg choice="plain"><replaceable>uuid</replaceable></arg>
+ <arg choice="plain"><replaceable>vmname</replaceable></arg>
+ </group>
+ <arg>--delete</arg>
+ <arg>--delete-all</arg>
+ </cmdsynopsis>
+ </refsynopsisdiv>
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>Description</title>
+ <para>
+ The <command>VBoxManage unregistervm</command> command unregisters
+ a virtual machine (VM).
+ </para>
+ <variablelist>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><replaceable>uuid</replaceable>|<replaceable>vmname</replaceable></term>
+ <listitem><para>
+ Specifies the name or Universally Unique Identifier (UUID)
+ of the VM.
+ </para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>--delete</option></term>
+ <listitem><para>
+ Deletes the following files related to the VM automatically:
+ </para><itemizedlist>
+ <listitem><para>
+ All hard disk image files, including differencing files.
+ </para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>
+ All saved state files that the machine created,
+ including one for each snapshot.
+ </para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>
+ XML VM machine definition file and its backups.
+ </para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>
+ VM log files.
+ </para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>
+ The empty directory associated with the unregistered VM.
+ </para></listitem>
+ </itemizedlist></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>--delete-all</option></term>
+ <listitem><para>
+ Deletes the files described in the <option>--delete</option> option,
+ as well as all DVDs and Floppy disks located in the VM folder and
+ attached only to this VM.
+ </para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ </variablelist>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>Examples</title>
+ <remark role="help-scope" condition="GLOBAL" />
+ <para>
+ The following command unregisters a VM called
+ <literal>vm2</literal>.
+ </para>
+<screen>$ VBoxManage unregistervm vm2</screen>
+ <para>
+ The following command unregisters a VM called
+ <literal>vm3</literal>. All files associated with the VM are
+ deleted.
+ </para>
+<screen>$ VBoxManage unregistervm vm3 --delete
+%...10%...20%...30%...40%...50%...60%...70%...80%...90%...100%</screen>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>See Also</title>
+ <para>
+ <xref linkend="vboxmanage-registervm" />
+ </para>
+ </refsect1>
+</refentry>