Mass-File and Folder Renaming

operations/reference/Powershell/Hyper V/Delete Locked VHDX File.md

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+---
+tags:
+  - PowerShell
+  - Scripting
+---
+
+**Purpose**:
+You may find that you cannot delete a VHDX file for a virtual machine you removed from Hyper-V and/or Hyper-V Failover Cluster, and either cannot afford to, or do not want to reboot your virtualization host(s) to unlock the file locked by `SYSTEM`.
+
+Run the following commands to unlock the file and delete it:
+
+```powershell
+Dismount-VHD -Path "C:\Path\To\Disk.vhdx" -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
+Remove-Item -Path "C:\Path\To\Disk.vhdx" -Force
+```