Deleting Virtual Machines and Containers

You can delete a virtual machine or Container that is not needed anymore using the prlctl delete command. Note that you cannot delete a running or mounted virtual machine or Container. The example below illustrates deleting the running Container 101:

# prlctl delete 101

Deleting Container private area: /vz/private/101

Container is currently running (stop first)

# prlctl stop 101

Stopping Container...

Container was stopped

Container is unmounted

# prlctl delete 101

Deleting Container private area: /vz/private/101

Container private area was deleted