NAME

puter-delete - delete a VM

SYNOPSIS

puter delete [--force|-f] name

DESCRIPTION

Delete a VM. Removes the VM state file and its qcow2 overlay disk image. The VM must be stopped before it can be deleted, unless --force is specified.

OPTIONS

--force, -f

Stop the VM before deleting if it is currently running. Transitional states (creating, starting, stopping) still reject deletion.

EXAMPLES

$ puter stop myvm
$ puter delete myvm

Force delete a running VM:

$ puter delete --force myvm

SEE ALSO

puter-stop(1), puter-list(1)