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Closing GUI session while running a virtual machine - Virtual Box

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Mar 15, 202652004 views
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How could we close GUI session in Virtual Box without shutting down the virtual machine? I have a lot of Linux instances and I only need to connect to one of them.

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Fix for: Closing GUI session while running a virtual machine - Virtual Box

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Edit: VirtualBox keeps getting better and better! Since VirtualBox 5.0, there is now an extra dropdown menu next to the Start button with an even better option: Detachable Start! It is a hybrid start option where they run the VM process in the background, and simply display a headless VM client that you can easily close. Well, almost easily... closing the window that appears will result in the same dialog box asking you if you want to save state, send the shutdown signal, or just power it compl…

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