macOS - VMWare Fusion - Force Shutdown or Rests of a virtual machine - MacOS X Software https://www.tweaking4all.com/forum/macos-x-software/macos-vmware-fusion-force-shutdown-or-rests-of-a-virtual-machine/ Tweaking4All.com Discussion Board en-US Sun, 10 May 2026 02:09:09 +0000 wpForo 60 macOS - VMWare Fusion - Force Shutdown or Rests of a virtual machine https://www.tweaking4all.com/forum/macos-x-software/macos-vmware-fusion-force-shutdown-or-rests-of-a-virtual-machine/#post-2071 Sat, 28 Mar 2020 10:48:58 +0000 Sometimes a VM goes haywire and it seems impossible to shut it down ... well, there is an option, it is just hidden very well ...

To force a virtual machine to power off:

  1. From the VMWare Fusion menu bar, select the Virtual Machine menu.
  2. Press and hold the Option (Alt) key.
  3. You'll see some options in the menu changing: Restart becomes Reset, and Shutdown becomes Power Off.

Even when your VM doesn't show the "Shutdown" option, it will show the Power Off option!

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