The Android Virtual Device is currently running in an emulator and cannot be deleted.

I recently got this error message when i tried to delete an Android Virtual Device (AVD) that i had created.

Solutions :

For Mac OS X :

If you work on a Mac OS X device, go to Activity Monitor App and look for adb process that is running and terminate the process (if not then do a force close). Once done try deleting the AVD from AVD Manager.



For Mac Windows :

Do a Ctrl+Alt+Del to open up task manager and look for avd process that is being running and close it. Once done try deleting the AVD from AVD Manager.