---
title: "Remove-VBRvCDReplica"
description: "This cmdlet removes Cloud Director replicas."
canonical: "https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/vbr/powershell/remove-vbrvcdreplica.html"
breadcrumb: "Veeam PowerShell Reference > Veeam PowerShell Reference > VMware Cloud Director > Replication for VMware Cloud Director > Cloud Director Replication Job > Remove-VBRvCDReplica"
dateModified: "2026-08-19"
---

# Remove-VBRvCDReplica

## Short Description
Removes Cloud Director replicas.

**Product Edition**: Standard, Enterprise, Enterprise Plus, Veeam Universal License

## Syntax

This cmdlet provides the following parameter sets:

<ul class="syntax-sets">
  <li>
    <p><code>FromDb (Default)</code></p>

```
Remove-VBRvCDReplica -Replica <VBRvCDReplica> [-Force] [-WhatIf]
 [-Confirm] [<CommonParameters>]
```
  </li>
  <li>
    <p><code>FromDisk</code></p>

```
Remove-VBRvCDReplica -Replica <VBRvCDReplica> [-FromDisk] [-RunAsync] [-Force]
 [-WhatIf] [-Confirm] [<CommonParameters>]
```
  </li>
</ul>

## Detailed Description
This cmdlet removes Cloud Director replicas.

## Parameters

<table style="width:100%;" class="Blue_Table">
      <tr style="vertical-align:top">
        <th style="width:20%;">
          <p>Parameter</p>
        </th>
        <th style="width:20%;">
          <p>Description</p>
        </th>
        <th style="width:20%;">
          <p>Type</p>
        </th>
        <th style="width:10%;">
          <p>Required</p>
        </th>
        <th style="width:10%;">
          <p>Position</p>
        </th>
        <th style="width:10%;">
          <p>Accept Pipeline Input</p>
        </th>
      </tr>
      <tr style="vertical-align:top">
        <td>
          <p class="Table_Text_Bold"><span class="Table_Text_Bold">Force</span></p>
        </td>
        <td>
          <p>Defines that the cmdlet will remove  a Cloud Director without showing warnings in the PowerShell console.</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p><code>SwitchParameter</code></p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>False</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>Named</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>False</p>
        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr style="vertical-align:top">
        <td>
          <p class="Table_Text_Bold"><span class="Table_Text_Bold">FromDisk</span></p>
        </td>
        <td>
          <p>Defines that the cmdlet will remove a Cloud Director replica from a disk.</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p><code>SwitchParameter</code></p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>True</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>Named</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>False</p>
        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr style="vertical-align:top">
        <td>
          <p class="Table_Text_Bold"><span class="Table_Text_Bold">Replica</span></p>
        </td>
        <td>
          <p>Specifies a Cloud Director replica that you want to remove.</p><p>Accepts the <code>VBRvCDReplica</code> object. To get this object, run the <a href="get-vbrvcdreplica.md"><code>Get-VBRvCDReplica</code></a> cmdlet.</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p><code>VBRvCDReplica</code></p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>True</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>Named</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>True (ByPropertyName, ByValue)</p>
        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr style="vertical-align:top">
        <td>
          <p class="Table_Text_Bold"><span class="Table_Text_Bold">RunAsync</span></p>
        </td>
        <td>
          <p>Defines that the command returns immediately without waiting for the task to complete.</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p><code>SwitchParameter</code></p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>False</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>Named</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>False</p>
        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr style="vertical-align:top">
        <td>
          <p class="Table_Text_Bold"><span class="Table_Text_Bold">Confirm</span></p>
        </td>
        <td>
          <p>Defines that the cmdlet will display a prompt that asks if you want to continue running the command.</p><p><strong>Note</strong>: Microsoft PowerShell enables the <code>Confirm</code> parameter for this cmdlet by default. To disable this option, set the parameter value to <code>$false</code>. That is, <code>Confirm:$false</code>.</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p><code>SwitchParameter</code></p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>False</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>Named</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>False</p>
        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr style="vertical-align:top">
        <td>
          <p class="Table_Text_Bold"><span class="Table_Text_Bold">WhatIf</span></p>
        </td>
        <td>
          <p>Defines that the cmdlet will write a message that describes the effects of running the cmdlet without actually performing any action.</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p><code>SwitchParameter</code></p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>False</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>Named</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>False</p>
        </td>
      </tr>
    </table>

`<CommonParameters>`

This cmdlet supports Microsoft PowerShell common parameters. For more information on common parameters, see [ Microsoft Docs](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/microsoft.powershell.core/about/about_commonparameters?view=powershell-7).

## Examples

::: example
### Removing Cloud Director Replica

This cmdlet removes a Cloud Director replica from the backup infrastructure.

```
$replica = Get-VBRvCDReplica -Id "2a7c321c-c8cf-4aec-9332-93882e69c667"
Remove-VBRvCDReplica -Replica $replica
```

Perform the following steps:

1. Run the [`Get-VBRvCDReplica`](get-vbrvcdreplica.md) cmdlet. Specify the `Id` parameter value. Save the result to the `$replica` variable.
2. Run the `Remove-VBRvCDReplica` cmdlet. Set the `$replica` variable as the `Replica` parameter value.

:::

## Related Commands

[`Get-VBRvCDReplica`](get-vbrvcdreplica.md)