I can not remove a virtual machine from Control Center.

Discussion in 'Installation and Configuration of Parallels Desktop' started by wwh1, Mar 27, 2022.

  1. wwh1

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    I tried to create a virtual machine but finally I got a un-removable virtual machine in the Control Center. The icon shows a question mark and right click the item it showed only one "Remove xxx " menu item in the context menu and in grey/disabled status. So I have no way to remove it.
    Any other newly created virtual machine I can easily remove them by just click the "Remote xxx" menu which is enabled in the context menu.
    Anything I can do to remove it?

    Thanks
    wwh
     
    wwh1, Mar 27, 2022
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  2. DebasmitaM

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    Hello, please help us with the screenshot of that error.
     
    DebasmitaM, Mar 27, 2022
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  3. wwh1

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    Error snapshot for "Amazon-Windows10" VM. I can not remove the "Amazon-Windows10".
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    Normal one for "Windows 10" VM, I can remove it.
    upload_2022-3-28_23-33-9.png
     
    wwh1, Mar 28, 2022
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  4. wwh1

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    Hello, any idea about above problem? Thanks!
     
    wwh1, Mar 31, 2022
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  5. J McKeown

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    similar state. I had some data loss, and some of my .pvms are gone but control center won't let me remove them.
     
    J McKeown, Mar 19, 2023
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  6. DuranJ

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    I also experienced some data loss.
     
    DuranJ, Apr 3, 2023
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  7. DuranJ

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    Please help me.
     
    DuranJ, Apr 3, 2023
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  8. Pramesh Boodadoo

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    Hello,
    As possible solution, open Terminal (Applications > Utilities > Terminal) and execute the following command:
    rm -rfd ~/Library/Saved\ Application\ State/com.parallels.desktop.console.savedState

    Quit Parallels Desktop, re-open it, then you will be able to remove the older instances with the right-click of your mouse.

    Let us know if the above solution helped to solve the issue.

    If in case the issue persists, with the help of this article, kindly provide us with the 9 Digits technical report: https://kb.parallels.com/9058

    Thank you.
     
    Pramesh Boodadoo, Apr 4, 2023
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