Delete orpahned VM from Vsphere 6.5 web client

[pstoric]

I'm trying to delete our older vCenter 5.5 VM (orphaned) via the web client but it's not letting me. We're using 6.5 now so 5.5 is not needed anymore and I can use the disk space. If I right click onto it it gives me different options that the rest of the VM's. The only option I see to delete is if I right click onto it, choose "All vCenter Orchestrator plugin actions" and select "Shut down and delete virtual machine". my problem is when I select that, it bring me to a gray window and nothing happens. How can I permanently delete that VM??

Here is what is get when I choose shutdown and delete VM from under "All vCenter Orchestrator plugin actions"

[DavoudTeimouri]

You can remove VMs from command-line.

Try this:

Delete a VM

Remove-VM vm_name -deletepermanently

vmware-cmd --server esxhost –s unregister path_to_vmx_file vmware-cmd --server vcenter --vihost esxhost –s unregister path_to_vmx_file vifs --server esxhost --rm “[datastore] path_to_vmx_on_datastore”

vim-cmd vmsvc/destroy vmid

Also take a look at:

Performing common virtual machine-related tasks with command-line utilities (2012964) | VMware KB

[pstoric]

Actually I was able to delete it from the Web UI. It was 3 menus deep so I did not see the option. Thanks anyway!

[Aatifm]

Hi, can you tell me how you did it.  I am using a VCSA and I have a vm on disconnected host which I cannot unregister. Can you tell me how you did it.

[Roachmojo]

Drill down from infrastructure options and go to "all infrastructure option and then you'll see the option to remove from inventory.

[Rohitsa]

VMware Knowledge Base

[Biswajitm]

it worked for me ! Thank you very much.

Right click on VM(orphaned)-->all virtual infrastructure actions --> more Uncategorized actions-->remove form inventory.