From 7683212c12a955f666391869f61ee6988f251682 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Andrew David Wong <adw@qubes-os.org>
Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2016 05:36:06 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] Create page on removing VMs manually

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 troubleshooting/remove-vm-manually.md | 26 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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 create mode 100644 troubleshooting/remove-vm-manually.md

diff --git a/doc.md b/doc.md
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@@ -188,6 +188,7 @@ Troubleshooting
  * [Getting Sony Vaio Z laptop to work with Qubes](/doc/sony-vaio-tinkering/)
  * [Troubleshooting UEFI related problems](/doc/uefi-troubleshooting/)
  * [Fixing wireless on suspend & resume](/doc/wireless-troubleshooting/)
+ * [How to remove VMs manually](/doc/remove-vm-manually/)
 
 
 Reference Pages
diff --git a/troubleshooting/remove-vm-manually.md b/troubleshooting/remove-vm-manually.md
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+---
+layout: doc
+title: How to Remove VMs Manually
+permalink: /doc/remove-vm-manually/
+---
+
+How to Remove VMs Manually
+==========================
+
+How to Remove a TemplateVM Manually
+-----------------------------------
+
+All commands should be executed in a dom0 terminal.
+
+1. Remove the TemplateVM's directory:
+
+        $ rm /var/lib/qubes/vm-templates/<template-name>
+
+2. Remove the TemplateVM from qubes.xml:
+
+        $ qvm-remove --just-db <template-name>
+
+3. Remove the TemplateVM's `*.desktop` files from `~/.local/share/applications`:
+
+        $ rm ~/.local/share/applications/<template-name>*
+