You can remove certain types of hardware from a virtual machine.
To remove hardware from a selected virtual machine, select Hardware tab, select the device, and click Remove.
, click theYou cannot remove hardware from a virtual machine while it is in suspended state.
You can remove the following types of devices from a virtual machine.
Virtual hard disks
CD-ROM and DVD drives
Floppy drives
Virtual network adapters
USB controllers
Sound cards
Printers
Generic SCSI devices
You cannot remove the Memory, Processors, and Display device types.
You must power off a virtual machine before you remove a virtual network adapter, sound card, parallel port, serial port, or generic SCSI device. You must also power off Workstation 5 virtual machines before you remove a USB controller.