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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
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<refentry id="vboxmanage-unregistervm" lang="en">
  <refentryinfo>
    <pubdate>August 2019</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>Oracle VM VirtualBox</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>
    </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>
    </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>