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| 2 | <!DOCTYPE topic PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DITA Topic//EN" "topic.dtd">
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| 3 | <topic xml:lang="en-us" id="intro-removing">
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| 4 | <title>Removing and Moving Virtual Machines</title>
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| 5 |
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| 6 | <body>
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| 7 | <p>
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| 8 | You can remove a VM from Oracle VM VirtualBox or move the VM and its
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| 9 | associated files, such as disk images, to another location on the
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| 10 | host.
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| 11 | </p>
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| 12 | <ul>
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| 13 | <li>
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| 14 | <p><b outputclass="bold">Removing a VM.</b> To remove a
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| 15 | VM, right-click on the VM in the VirtualBox Manager machine list and
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| 16 | select <b outputclass="bold">Remove</b>.
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| 17 | </p>
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| 18 | <p>
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| 19 | The confirmation dialog enables you to specify whether to only
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| 20 | remove the VM from the list of machines or to remove the files
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| 21 | associated with the VM.
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| 22 | </p>
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| 23 | <p>
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| 24 | Note that the <b outputclass="bold">Remove</b> menu
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| 25 | item is disabled while a VM is running.
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| 26 | </p>
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| 27 | </li>
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| 28 | <li>
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| 29 | <p><b outputclass="bold">Moving a VM.</b> To move a VM to
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| 30 | a new location on the host, right-click on the VM in the
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| 31 | VirtualBox Manager's machine list and select
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| 32 | <b outputclass="bold">Move</b>.
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| 33 | </p>
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| 34 | <p>
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| 35 | The file dialog prompts you to specify a new location for the
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| 36 | VM.
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| 37 | </p>
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| 38 | <p>
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| 39 | When you move a VM, Oracle VM VirtualBox configuration files are
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| 40 | updated automatically to use the new location on the host.
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| 41 | </p>
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| 42 | <p>
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| 43 | Note that the <b outputclass="bold">Move</b> menu item
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| 44 | is disabled while a VM is running.
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| 45 | </p>
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| 46 | <p>
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| 47 | You can also use the <userinput>VBoxManage movevm</userinput>
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| 48 | command to move a VM. See <xref href="man_VBoxManage-movevm.dita#vboxmanage-movevm"/>.
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| 49 | </p>
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| 50 | </li>
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| 51 | </ul>
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| 52 | <p>
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| 53 | For information about removing or moving a disk image file from
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| 54 | Oracle VM VirtualBox, see <xref href="virtual-media-manager.dita#virtual-media-manager"/>.
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| 55 | </p>
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| 56 | </body>
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| 57 |
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| 58 | </topic>
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