detach vdisk

• Applies to:

  ✅ Windows Server 2025, ✅ Windows Server 2022, ✅ Windows Server 2019, ✅ Windows Server 2016, ✅ Windows 11, ✅ Windows 10, ✅ Azure Local, versions 23H2 and 22H2

Stops the selected virtual hard disk (VHD) from appearing as a local hard disk drive on the host computer. When a VHD is detached, you can copy it to other locations. Before you begin, you must select a VHD for this operation to succeed. Use the select vdisk command to select a VHD and shift the focus to it.

Syntax

detach vdisk [noerr]

Parameters

Parameter	Description
noerr	For scripting only. When an error is encountered, DiskPart continues to process commands as if the error did not occur. Without this parameter, an error causes DiskPart to exit with an error code.

Examples

To detach the selected VHD, type:

detach vdisk

Related links

• Command-Line Syntax Key

• attach vdisk command

• compact vdisk command

• detail vdisk command

• expand vdisk command

• Merge vdisk command

• select vdisk command

• list command