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Deleting a Virtual Machine Using the VMware Management Interface
Deleting a Virtual Machine Using the VMware Management Interface

You can delete a virtual machine only if you are the administrator or root user. You may want to delete a virtual machine if it is no longer needed or if you need to free up disk space on your host.

When you delete a virtual machine, the files associated with it — that is, located in the same directory — are deleted. These files include its configuration file (the .vmx file), Any virtual disks that are not associated with another virtual machine on the host are deleted. The directory containing these files is also deleted, unless any disk files or other files not deleted still remain.

To delete a virtual machine, complete the following steps.

  1. In the VMware Management Interface, find the virtual machine you want to delete. If the virtual machine is powered on, power it off. If it is suspended, resume it, then power it off.
  2. Access the virtual machine menu. Click the arrow to the right of the terminal icon (   ).
  3. Choose Delete Virtual Machine. A message informs you that this deletes all virtual machine files. Click OK to allow GSX Server to delete the virtual machine and all its files.

    Note: If you do not want to delete this virtual machine, click Cancel.