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manpage, user manual, usage: VBoxManage discardstate
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<refentry id="vboxmanage-discardstate" lang="en">
<refentryinfo>
<pubdate>$Date: 2023-01-17 15:15:46 +0100 (Tue, 17 Jan 2023) $</pubdate>
<title>VBoxManage discardstate</title>
</refentryinfo>
<refmeta>
<refentrytitle>VBoxManage-discardstate</refentrytitle>
<manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
</refmeta>
<refnamediv>
<refname>VBoxManage-discardstate</refname>
<refpurpose>discard the saved state of a virtual machine</refpurpose>
<refclass>&product-name;</refclass>
</refnamediv>
<refsynopsisdiv>
<cmdsynopsis id="synopsis-vboxmanage-discardstate">
<!-- The 'id' is mandatory and must start with 'synopsis-'. -->
<command>VBoxManage discardstate</command>
<group choice="req">
<arg choice="plain"><replaceable>uuid</replaceable></arg>
<arg choice="plain"><replaceable>vmname</replaceable></arg>
</group>
</cmdsynopsis>
</refsynopsisdiv>
<refsect1>
<title>Description</title>
<para>
The <command>VBoxManage discardstate</command> command discards
the saved state of a virtual machine (VM) that is not currently
running. This command causes the VM's operating system to restart
the next time you start the VM.
</para>
<note>
<para>
Where possible, avoid performing this action. The effects of
this command are equivalent to unplugging the power cable on a
physical machine.
</para>
</note>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term><replaceable>uuid</replaceable>|<replaceable>vmname</replaceable></term>
<listitem><para>
Specifies the Universally Unique Identifier (UUID) or name
of the VM.
</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
<title>Examples</title>
<remark role="help-scope" condition="GLOBAL" />
<para>
The following command discards the saved state file for the VM
called <filename>vm2</filename>. When you next start the VM, the
VM's operating system is restarted.
</para>
<screen>$ VBoxManage discardstate vm2</screen>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
<title>See Also</title>
<para>
<xref linkend="vboxmanage-adoptstate"/>
</para>
</refsect1>
</refentry>
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