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qm destroy — Destroy a virtual machine in QEMU/KVM Virtual Machine Manager. More information: <https://pve.proxmo

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Problem

How to use the qm destroy command: Destroy a virtual machine in QEMU/KVM Virtual Machine Manager. More information: <https://pve.proxmox.com/pve-docs/qm.1.html#cli_qm_destroy>.

Solution

qm destroy — Destroy a virtual machine in QEMU/KVM Virtual Machine Manager. More information: <https://pve.proxmox.com/pve-docs/qm.1.html#cli_qm_destroy>.

Destroy a specific virtual machine:

qm {{[des|destroy]}} {{vm_id}}

Destroy all disks that are not explicitly referenced in a specific virtual machine's configuration:

qm {{[des|destroy]}} {{vm_id}} --destroy-unreferenced-disks

Destroy a virtual machine and remove from all locations (inventory, backup jobs, high availability managers, etc.):

qm {{[des|destroy]}} {{vm_id}} --purge

Destroy a specific virtual machine ignoring locks and forcing destroy:

sudo qm {{[des|destroy]}} {{vm_id}} --skiplock

Code Snippets

Destroy a specific virtual machine

qm {{[des|destroy]}} {{vm_id}}

Destroy all disks that are not explicitly referenced in a specific virtual machine's configuration

qm {{[des|destroy]}} {{vm_id}} --destroy-unreferenced-disks

Destroy a virtual machine and remove from all locations (inventory, backup jobs, high availability managers, etc.)

qm {{[des|destroy]}} {{vm_id}} --purge

Destroy a specific virtual machine ignoring locks and forcing destroy

sudo qm {{[des|destroy]}} {{vm_id}} --skiplock

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