diff --git a/plugins/providers/virtualbox/driver/base.rb b/plugins/providers/virtualbox/driver/base.rb
index 769f845e9..a759e16e8 100644
--- a/plugins/providers/virtualbox/driver/base.rb
+++ b/plugins/providers/virtualbox/driver/base.rb
@@ -266,6 +266,10 @@ module VagrantPlugins
         def suspend
         end
 
+        # Unshare folders.
+        def unshare_folders(names)
+        end
+
         # Verifies that the driver is ready to accept work.
         #
         # This should raise a VagrantError if things are not ready.
diff --git a/plugins/providers/virtualbox/driver/version_4_0.rb b/plugins/providers/virtualbox/driver/version_4_0.rb
index 11e90f391..37edca0c7 100644
--- a/plugins/providers/virtualbox/driver/version_4_0.rb
+++ b/plugins/providers/virtualbox/driver/version_4_0.rb
@@ -478,6 +478,27 @@ module VagrantPlugins
           execute("controlvm", @uuid, "savestate")
         end
 
+        def unshare_folders(names)
+          names.each do |name|
+            begin
+              execute(
+                "sharedfolder", "remove", @uuid,
+                "--name", name,
+                "--transient")
+
+            execute(
+              "setextradata", @uuid,
+              "VBoxInternal2/SharedFoldersEnableSymlinksCreate/#{name}")
+            rescue Vagrant::Errors::VBoxManageError => e
+              if e.extra_data[:stderr].include?("VBOX_E_FILE_ERROR")
+                # The folder doesn't exist. ignore.
+              else
+                raise
+              end
+            end
+          end
+        end
+
         def verify!
           # This command sometimes fails if kernel drivers aren't properly loaded
           # so we just run the command and verify that it succeeded.
diff --git a/plugins/providers/virtualbox/driver/version_4_1.rb b/plugins/providers/virtualbox/driver/version_4_1.rb
index 1aba3324d..9fb52c12c 100644
--- a/plugins/providers/virtualbox/driver/version_4_1.rb
+++ b/plugins/providers/virtualbox/driver/version_4_1.rb
@@ -488,6 +488,27 @@ module VagrantPlugins
           execute("controlvm", @uuid, "savestate")
         end
 
+        def unshare_folders(names)
+          names.each do |name|
+            begin
+              execute(
+                "sharedfolder", "remove", @uuid,
+                "--name", name,
+                "--transient")
+
+            execute(
+              "setextradata", @uuid,
+              "VBoxInternal2/SharedFoldersEnableSymlinksCreate/#{name}")
+            rescue Vagrant::Errors::VBoxManageError => e
+              if e.extra_data[:stderr].include?("VBOX_E_FILE_ERROR")
+                # The folder doesn't exist. ignore.
+              else
+                raise
+              end
+            end
+          end
+        end
+
         def verify!
           # This command sometimes fails if kernel drivers aren't properly loaded
           # so we just run the command and verify that it succeeded.
diff --git a/plugins/providers/virtualbox/driver/version_4_2.rb b/plugins/providers/virtualbox/driver/version_4_2.rb
index e602c3b2c..f0c360c32 100644
--- a/plugins/providers/virtualbox/driver/version_4_2.rb
+++ b/plugins/providers/virtualbox/driver/version_4_2.rb
@@ -512,6 +512,27 @@ module VagrantPlugins
           execute("controlvm", @uuid, "savestate")
         end
 
+        def unshare_folders(names)
+          names.each do |name|
+            begin
+              execute(
+                "sharedfolder", "remove", @uuid,
+                "--name", name,
+                "--transient")
+
+            execute(
+              "setextradata", @uuid,
+              "VBoxInternal2/SharedFoldersEnableSymlinksCreate/#{name}")
+            rescue Vagrant::Errors::VBoxManageError => e
+              if e.extra_data[:stderr].include?("VBOX_E_FILE_ERROR")
+                # The folder doesn't exist. ignore.
+              else
+                raise
+              end
+            end
+          end
+        end
+
         def verify!
           # This command sometimes fails if kernel drivers aren't properly loaded
           # so we just run the command and verify that it succeeded.
diff --git a/plugins/providers/virtualbox/driver/version_4_3.rb b/plugins/providers/virtualbox/driver/version_4_3.rb
index 25a046d85..925ca03d8 100644
--- a/plugins/providers/virtualbox/driver/version_4_3.rb
+++ b/plugins/providers/virtualbox/driver/version_4_3.rb
@@ -520,6 +520,27 @@ module VagrantPlugins
           execute("controlvm", @uuid, "savestate")
         end
 
+        def unshare_folders(names)
+          names.each do |name|
+            begin
+              execute(
+                "sharedfolder", "remove", @uuid,
+                "--name", name,
+                "--transient")
+
+            execute(
+              "setextradata", @uuid,
+              "VBoxInternal2/SharedFoldersEnableSymlinksCreate/#{name}")
+            rescue Vagrant::Errors::VBoxManageError => e
+              if e.extra_data[:stderr].include?("VBOX_E_FILE_ERROR")
+                # The folder doesn't exist. ignore.
+              else
+                raise
+              end
+            end
+          end
+        end
+
         def verify!
           # This command sometimes fails if kernel drivers aren't properly loaded
           # so we just run the command and verify that it succeeded.
diff --git a/plugins/providers/virtualbox/synced_folder.rb b/plugins/providers/virtualbox/synced_folder.rb
index 1511a74d9..14f9b0b24 100644
--- a/plugins/providers/virtualbox/synced_folder.rb
+++ b/plugins/providers/virtualbox/synced_folder.rb
@@ -63,6 +63,14 @@ module VagrantPlugins
         end
       end
 
+      def disable(machine, folders, _opts)
+        # TODO: unmount.
+
+        # Remove the shared folders from the VM metadata
+        names = folders.map { |id, _data| os_friendly_id(id) }
+        driver(machine).unshare_folders(names)
+      end
+
       def cleanup(machine, opts)
         driver(machine).clear_shared_folders if machine.id && machine.id != ""
       end