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1<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>
2<!DOCTYPE topic PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DITA Topic//EN" "topic.dtd">
3<topic xml:lang="en-us" id="intro-removing">
4 <title>Removing and Moving Virtual Machines</title>
5
6 <body>
7 <p>You can remove a VM from <ph conkeyref="vbox-conkeyref-phrases/product-name"/> or move the VM and its associated files, such as disk images, to another location on the host.</p>
8 <ul>
9 <li>
10 <p><b outputclass="bold">Removing a VM.</b> To remove a VM, right-click the VM in the <ph conkeyref="vbox-conkeyref-phrases/vbox-mgr"/> machine list and select <b outputclass="bold">Remove</b>.</p>
11 <p> The confirmation dialog enables you to specify whether to only remove the VM from the list of machines or to remove the files associated with the VM.</p>
12 <p> Note that the <b outputclass="bold">Remove</b> menu item is disabled while a VM is running.</p>
13 </li>
14 <li>
15 <p><b outputclass="bold">Moving a VM.</b> To move a VM to a new location on the host,
16 right-click the VM in the <ph conkeyref="vbox-conkeyref-phrases/vbox-mgr"/>'s machine list
17 and select <b outputclass="bold">Move</b>. </p>
18 <p>The file dialog prompts you to specify a new location for the VM.</p>
19 <p>When you move a VM, <ph conkeyref="vbox-conkeyref-phrases/product-name"/> configuration files are updated automatically to use the new location on the host.</p>
20 <p>Note that the <b outputclass="bold">Move</b> menu item is disabled while a VM is running.</p>
21 <p>You can also use the <userinput>VBoxManage movevm</userinput> command to move a VM. See <xref href="../cli_topics/vboxmanage-movevm.dita"/>.</p>
22 </li>
23 </ul>
24 <p>For information about removing or moving a disk image file from <ph conkeyref="vbox-conkeyref-phrases/product-name"/>, see <xref href="virtual-media-manager.dita"/>.</p>
25 </body>
26
27</topic>
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