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Ble4331
Copper Contributor
May 06, 2025

Hyper-V hangs when deleting VM

I have Windows 10 Pro, build 19045.  I am trying to delete a VM inside Hyper-V, but when I click on Delete, the computer hangs..continuous hourglass.  Tried to close Hyper-V manager, but doesn't close.  My only option is to do a hard shutdown of the computer.

 

Any suggestions or solutions?  Anyone else having similar issue?

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  • BreckenFoster's avatar
    BreckenFoster
    Iron Contributor
    May 28, 2025

    Ensure your Windows 10 Pro is fully updated (check Windows Update). Sometimes, updates fix bugs related to Hyper-V.

  • ccaab's avatar
    ccaab
    Copper Contributor
    May 07, 2025

    Open PowerShell as administrator and run

    Stop-Service vmms
    Start-Service vmms

     

    Try deleting the VM via PowerShell run

    Get-VM -Name "YourVMName" | Remove-VM -Force

     

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