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- PowerShell
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- Scripting
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## Purpose
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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`.
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Run the following commands to unlock the file and delete it:
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```powershell
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Dismount-VHD -Path "C:\Path\To\Disk.vhdx" -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
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Remove-Item -Path "C:\Path\To\Disk.vhdx" -Force
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```
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## Related Documentation
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- [Related Virtualization and Storage Documentation](<../../../reference/Virtualization and Storage/index.md>) — Find the connected deployments, procedures, and references for this subject.
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