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page_title: "vagrant destroy - Command-Line Interface"
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sidebar_current: "cli-destroy"
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The "vagrant destroy" command is used to stop the running virtual machine and
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terminate use of all resources that were in use by that machine.
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# Destroy
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**Command: `vagrant destroy`**
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This command stops the running machine Vagrant is managing and
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destroys all resources that were created during the machine creation process.
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After running this command, your computer should be left at a clean state,
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as if you never created the guest machine in the first place.
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For linux-based guests, Vagrant uses the `shutdown` command to gracefully
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terminate the machine. Due to the varying nature of operating systems, the
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`shutdown` command may exist at many different locations in the guest's `$PATH`.
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It is the guest machine's responsibility to properly populate the `$PATH` with
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directory containing the `shutdown` command.
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## Options
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* `-f` or `--force` - Do not ask for confirmation before destroying.
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<div class="alert alert-info">
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The `destroy` command does not remove a box that may have been installed on
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your computer during `vagrant up`. Thus, even if you run `vagrant destroy`,
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the box installed in the system will still be present on the hard drive. To
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return your computer to the state as it was before `vagrant up` command, you
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need to use `vagrant box remove`.
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For more information, read about the
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<a href="/docs/cli/box.html">`vagrant box remove`</a> command.
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