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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+ manpage, user manual, usage: VBoxManage closemedium
+
+ Copyright (C) 2006-2020 Oracle Corporation
+
+ This file is part of VirtualBox Open Source Edition (OSE), as
+ available from http://www.virtualbox.org. This file is free software;
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+ hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY of any kind.
+ -->
+<!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-closemedium" lang="en">
+ <refentryinfo>
+ <pubdate>August 2019</pubdate>
+ <title>VBoxManage closemedium</title>
+ </refentryinfo>
+
+ <refmeta>
+ <refentrytitle>VBoxManage-closemedium</refentrytitle>
+ <manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
+ </refmeta>
+
+ <refnamediv>
+ <refname>VBoxManage-closemedium</refname>
+ <refpurpose>remove a hard disk, DVD, or floppy image from the media registry</refpurpose>
+ <refclass>Oracle VM VirtualBox</refclass>
+ </refnamediv>
+
+ <refsynopsisdiv>
+ <cmdsynopsis id="synopsis-vboxmanage-closemedium">
+<!-- The 'id' is mandatory and must start with 'synopsis-'. -->
+ <command>VBoxManage closemedium</command>
+ <group>
+ <arg choice="plain">disk</arg>
+ <arg choice="plain">dvd</arg>
+ <arg choice="plain">floppy</arg>
+ </group>
+ <group choice="req">
+ <arg choice="plain"><replaceable>uuid</replaceable></arg>
+ <arg choice="plain"><replaceable>filename</replaceable></arg>
+ </group>
+ <arg>--delete</arg>
+ </cmdsynopsis>
+ </refsynopsisdiv>
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>Description</title>
+ <para>
+ The <command>VBoxManage closemedium</command> command removes a
+ hard disk, DVD, or floppy image from the list of known media used
+ by &product-name;. The image is then unavailable for selection in
+ the Virtual Media Manager.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ To use this command, the image must not be attached to any VMs.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ Optionally, you can request that the image be deleted.
+ </para>
+ <variablelist>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>disk|dvd|floppy</term>
+ <listitem><para>
+ Specifies the type of medium. Valid values are
+ <literal>disk</literal> (hard drive),
+ <literal>dvd</literal>, or <literal>floppy</literal>.
+ </para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><replaceable>uuid</replaceable>|<replaceable>filename</replaceable></term>
+ <listitem><para>
+ Specifies the Universally Unique Identifier (UUID) or
+ absolute path name of the medium or image.
+ </para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>--delete</option></term>
+ <listitem><para>
+ Deletes the image file.
+ </para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ </variablelist>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>Examples</title>
+ <remark role="help-scope" condition="GLOBAL" />
+ <para>
+ The following command removes the disk image file called
+ <filename>disk01.vdi</filename> from the registry.
+ </para>
+<screen>$ VBoxManage closemedium disk01.vdi</screen>
+ <para>
+ The following command removes the disk image file called
+ <filename>disk01.vdi</filename> from the registry and deletes the
+ image file.
+ </para>
+<screen>$ VBoxManage closemedium disk01.vdi --delete</screen>
+ </refsect1>
+</refentry>