qm-unlink
Unlink disks from a Proxmox VM
TLDR
Unlink a disk from a virtual machine
$ qm unlink [vmid] --idlist [unused0]
Unlink a disk and force-remove it from the config$ qm unlink [vmid] --idlist [scsi0] --force
Unlink multiple disks at once$ qm unlink [vmid] --idlist [scsi0;scsi1]
SYNOPSIS
qm unlink vmid --idlist string [--force boolean]
DESCRIPTION
qm unlink is an alias for qm disk unlink that removes a disk from a virtual machine's configuration without deleting the underlying storage volume. The disk becomes unused but remains available in the storage for reattachment to the same or another VM.This is useful for safely detaching disks before moving them between VMs or when cleaning up a VM configuration without losing data.
PARAMETERS
vmid
The unique numeric ID of the virtual machine (100-999999999).--idlist string
A semicolon-separated list of disk IDs to unlink (e.g., `unused0`, `scsi0`, `virtio1`).--force boolean
Force removal. Allows removing disks that are still referenced in the VM config even if they are not marked as unused. Default: `0`.
INSTALL
sudo dnf install qm