$Date: 2025-08-11 19:18:47 +0200 (Mon, 11 Aug 2025) $

VBoxManage setextradata

VBoxManage-setextradata 1
VBoxManage-setextradata set a keyword value that is associated with a virtual machine or configuration &product-name;
`VBoxManage setextradata` global uuid vmname keyword value

## Description

The `VBoxManage setextradata` command enables you to set a keyword value that is associated with a virtual machine (VM) or with an &product-name; configuration.

`global`

  Sets information about the configuration rather than a VM.

`uuid | vmname`

  Specifies the Universally Unique Identifier (UUID) or name of the VM.

keyword

  Specifies the keyword for which to set its value.

value

  Specifies the keyword value. Specifying no value removes the keyword.

## Examples

The following command sets the `installdate` keyword value for the `Fedora5` VM to `2019.01.01`:

    $ VBoxManage setextradata Fedora5 installdate 2019.01.01

The following command unsets the value of the `installdate` keyword for the `Fedora5` VM:

    $ VBoxManage setextradata Fedora5 installdate

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