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<refentry id="vboxmanage-discardstate" lang="en">
  <refentryinfo>
    <pubdate>$Date: 2023-04-21 21:59:02 +0000 (Fri, 21 Apr 2023) $</pubdate>
    <title>VBoxManage discardstate</title>
  </refentryinfo>

  <refmeta>
    <refentrytitle>VBoxManage-discardstate</refentrytitle>
    <manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
  </refmeta>

  <refnamediv>
    <refname>VBoxManage-discardstate</refname>
    <refpurpose>discard the saved state of a virtual machine</refpurpose>
    <refclass>&product-name;</refclass>
  </refnamediv>

  <refsynopsisdiv>
    <cmdsynopsis id="synopsis-vboxmanage-discardstate">
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      <command>VBoxManage discardstate</command>
      <group choice="req">
        <arg choice="plain"><replaceable>uuid</replaceable></arg>
        <arg choice="plain"><replaceable>vmname</replaceable></arg>
      </group>
    </cmdsynopsis>
  </refsynopsisdiv>

  <refsect1 id="vboxmanage-discardstate-description">
    <title>Description</title>
    <para>
      The <command>VBoxManage discardstate</command> command discards
      the saved state of a virtual machine (VM) that is not currently
      running. This command causes the VM's operating system to restart
      the next time you start the VM.
    </para>
    <note>
      <para>
        Where possible, avoid performing this action. The effects of
        this command are equivalent to unplugging the power cable on a
        physical machine.
      </para>
    </note>
    <variablelist>
      <varlistentry>
        <term><option><replaceable>uuid</replaceable> | <replaceable>vmname</replaceable></option></term>
        <listitem><para>
            Specifies the Universally Unique Identifier (UUID) or name
            of the VM.
          </para></listitem>
      </varlistentry>
    </variablelist>
  </refsect1>

  <refsect1 id="vboxmanage-discardstate-examples">
    <title>Examples</title>
    <remark role="help-scope" condition="GLOBAL" />
    <para>
      The following command discards the saved state file for the VM
      called <filename>vm2</filename>. When you next start the VM, the
      VM's operating system is restarted.
    </para>
<screen>$ VBoxManage discardstate vm2</screen>
  </refsect1>

  <refsect1 id="vboxmanage-discardstate-see-also">
    <title>See Also</title>
    <para>
      <xref linkend="vboxmanage-adoptstate"/>
    </para>
  </refsect1>
</refentry>