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 ### Remove a physical NIC
 
-Before removing it, just be sure to remove its associated networks, so it won't cause trouble. Then, shutdown, remove the NIC and finally boot. After the boot, do a `xe pif-forget uuid=<OLD PIF UUID>` to get rid of the object record.
+Before removing a physical NIC, ensure that no VMs are using the interface. Shutdown the host, physically remove the NIC and boot.
+After boot, the PIF will need to be removed. You can do it this way:
+```
+xe pif-forget uuid=<PIF UUID>
+```
+The `<PIF UUID>` can be obtained with either `xe pif-list` or with Xen Orchestra. This command only needs to be ran once on the pool. 
 
 ## 🛞 SDN controller