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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]}} {{100}}

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

qm {{[des|destroy]}} {{100}} --destroy-unreferenced-disks

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

qm {{[des|destroy]}} {{100}} --purge

• Destroy a specific virtual machine ignoring locks and forcing destroy:

sudo qm {{[des|destroy]}} {{100}} --skiplock