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vers kill deletes one or more VMs. It’s an alias for vers delete — both names work identically, and nothing changes depending on which you use.
This operation is irreversible. Deleted VMs lose all state: filesystem contents, memory, running processes.

Synopsis

Options

Examples

HEAD cleanup

When you delete the VM that HEAD points to, HEAD is cleared automatically:

Errors

VM with children

Mixed results across multiple targets

For multiple VMs, the command reports each outcome and exits non-zero if any failed:

Prerequisites

  • VMs must be owned by your organization.
  • Recursive deletion requires ownership of every child in the tree.

Common Patterns

Nuke everything

Clean up paused VMs only

Clean slate + fresh start

Destroy an experiment without touching its parent

See also

  • vers status — list VMs before or after deletion
  • vers run — start a fresh VM
  • vers commit — snapshot before deleting if you might want the state back