Remove-AzureVM

NAME Remove-AzureVM



SYNOPSIS

Removes an Azure virtual machine.





SYNTAX

Remove-AzureVM [-ServiceName] <String> [-Name] <String> [[-DeleteVHD]] [-Profile <AzureSMProfile>] [-InformationAction <ActionPreference>]

[-InformationVariable <String>] [-WhatIf] [-Confirm] [<CommonParameters>]





DESCRIPTION

The Remove-AzureVM cmdlet deletes an Azure virtual machine. This process does not delete the underlying .vhd files of the disks mounted on that virtual

machine.





PARAMETERS

-Name <String>

Specifies the name of the virtual machine being removed.



Required? true

Position? 1

Default value None

Accept pipeline input? True (ByPropertyName)

Accept wildcard characters? false



-DeleteVHD [<SwitchParameter>]

Specifies whether this cmdlet removes the virtual machine and the underlying disk blobs.



Required? false

Position? 2

Default value False

Accept pipeline input? False

Accept wildcard characters? false



-ServiceName <String>

Specifies the name of the Azure service from which the virtual machine is being removed.



Required? true

Position? 0

Default value None

Accept pipeline input? True (ByPropertyName)

Accept wildcard characters? false



-Profile <AzureSMProfile>

Specifies the Azure profile from which this cmdlet reads. If you do not specify a profile, this cmdlet reads from the local default profile.



Required? false

Position? named

Default value None

Accept pipeline input? False

Accept wildcard characters? false



-InformationAction <ActionPreference>





Required? false

Position? named

Default value None

Accept pipeline input? False

Accept wildcard characters? false



-InformationVariable <String>





Required? false

Position? named

Default value None

Accept pipeline input? False

Accept wildcard characters? false



-WhatIf [<SwitchParameter>]





Required? false

Position? named

Default value False

Accept pipeline input? False

Accept wildcard characters? false



-Confirm [<SwitchParameter>]





Required? false

Position? named

Default value False

Accept pipeline input? False

Accept wildcard characters? false



<CommonParameters>

This cmdlet supports the common parameters: Verbose, Debug,

ErrorAction, ErrorVariable, WarningAction, WarningVariable,

OutBuffer, PipelineVariable, and OutVariable. For more information, see

about_CommonParameters (https:/go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=113216).



INPUTS



OUTPUTS



NOTES









-------------------------- Example 1: Remove a virtual machine from a service --------------------------



PS C:\\>Remove-AzureVM -ServiceName "ContosoService03" -Name "VirtualMachine03"



This command removes the virtual machine named VirtualMachine03 that runs in the ContosoService03 service.

-------------------------- Example 2: Remove a virtual machine and delete the .vhd files --------------------------



PS C:\\>Remove-AzureVM -ServiceName "ContosoService03" -Name "VirtualMachine04" -DeleteVHD



This command removes the VirtualMachine04 virtual machine that runs in the ContosoService03 service, and specifies to remove the .vhd files using the

DeleteVHD parameter.



RELATED LINKS

New-AzureVM

New-AzureVMConfig

Restart-AzureVM

Restart-AzureVM

Stop-AzureVM

Update-AzureVM