Restoring a VirtualBox VM to a clean/default state?

You seem to want to preserve the configurations for the virtual machine.

The easy way to accomplish this is obvious: detach the virtual disk image and replace it with a new one.

The configurations for the virtual machine remain in tact, but the stored data is gone.

1. In Settings >> Storage, remove the current virtual disk image.

2. Add a new attachment: "Add Hard Disk".

3. "Create new disk"

4. VirtualBox will use the new disk.

For future reference, after you've installed the virtual machine and have everything running, create a snapshot. This will allow you to revert back to this squeaky, clean state whenever you want!

See Also:

• VirtualBox - Chapter 1: Snapshots