Unable to run vagrant up or homestead up Virtualbox with the name homestead exists?

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A VirtualBox machine with the name 'homestead' already exists. Please use another name or delete the machine with the existing name, and try again.

I've tried removing the machine from virtual box (deleting the files as well)

I've tried running vagrant destroy and homestead destroy as well.

I cant see to run homestead up or vagrant up. I keep getting the error i've stated above.

My VirtualBox\ VMs are empty.

➜ homestead homestead up Bringing machine 'default' up with 'virtualbox' provider... ==> default: Checking if box 'laravel/homestead' is up to date... A VirtualBox machine with the name 'homestead' already exists. Please use another name or delete the machine with the existing name, and try again. ➜ homestead

Running vagrant global-status brings this:

5cd65e5 default virtualbox poweroff /Users/username/.composer/vendor/laravel/homestead

Im not sure how to fix this. Any help is greatly appreaciated.

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go to Users\username\VirtualBox VMs and delete homestead folder. then try running vagrant up once more – Emeka Mbah
Which virtual machines are listed when you run vagrant box list? – Gerard Reches

1 Answers

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You can manually delete the homestead in VirtualBox Gui. Open your VirtualBox Gui select homestead, click machines select poweroff.You can now delete homestead by selecting remove, and delete all related files, or go to Users\username\VirtualBox VMs and delete homestead folder as suggested by @Digitlimit.In your homestead directory, run 

vagrant up

again