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| <title>Deleting VMs</title> |
| <para>Users can delete their own virtual machines. A running virtual machine will be abruptly stopped before it is deleted. Administrators can delete any virtual machines.</para> |
| <para>To delete a virtual machine:</para> |
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| <listitem><para>Log in to the CloudPlatform UI as a user or admin.</para></listitem> |
| <listitem><para>In the left navigation, click Instances.</para></listitem> |
| <listitem><para>Choose the VM that you want to delete.</para></listitem> |
| <listitem><para>Click the Destroy Instance button <inlinemediaobject> |
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