qubes-doc/troubleshooting/remove-vm-manually.md
Andrew David Wong f8b006ae5d
Add section on installing, uninstalling, and reinstalling templates
Also includes other miscellaneous fixes and improvements
2018-06-12 21:50:03 -05:00

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title: How to Remove VMs Manually
permalink: /doc/remove-vm-manually/
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How to Remove VMs Manually
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How to Remove a TemplateVM Manually (R3.2)
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Try the [normal method] before resorting to this one.
All of the following commands should be executed in a dom0 terminal.
1. Remove the TemplateVM's directory:
$ rm -rf /var/lib/qubes/vm-templates/<template-name>
2. Remove the TemplateVM from qubes.xml:
$ qvm-remove --just-db <template-name>
3. Remove the TemplateVM's `*.desktop` files from `~/.local/share/applications`:
$ rm ~/.local/share/applications/<template-name>*
4. Remove the TemplateVM's Applications Menu entry:
$ sudo rm /etc/xdg/menus/applications-merged/<template-name>*
[normal method]: /doc/templates/#how-to-install-uninstall-and-reinstall