Remove a USB Controller from a Virtual Machine in the vSphere Web Client

You can remove a USB controller from the virtual machine if you do not want to connect to USB devices.

Prerequisites

Note: The ESXi host supports hot-removal of a USB controller. You can remove a USB controller from a virtual machine when both the ESXi host and the guest operating system of the virtual machine support the hot-removal functionality.

To make sure that the guest operating system of the virtual machine supports the hot-removal functionality, refer to the vendors documentation.

• Verify that the USB controller is not in use.
• Verify that all USB devices are disconnected from the virtual machine.
• Required privilege: Virtual Machine.Configuration.Add or Remove Device

Procedure

1. Navigate to and select a data center, folder, cluster, resource pool, host, or vApp, click the VMs tab and click Virtual Machines. Alternatively, you can navigate to and select directly the virtual machine.
2. Right-click a virtual machine and click Edit Settings.
3. On the Virtual Hardware tab, move the pointer over the USB controller and click the Remove icon.
4. Click OK to confirm the deletion and close the dialog box.

Results

The controller is no longer connected to the virtual machine, but remains available to add at a later time.