.. _config_ref tasks desolvate:

``desolvate``
=============

single-shot desolvation (no inheritance)

Single-valued attributes:

  * ``psf``: name of input PSF file

  * ``pdb``: name of input PDB file (optional)

  * ``keepatselstr``: VMD atomselect string for atoms you want to keep (default: protein or lipid or glycan)

  * ``idx_outfile``: name of output index file for catdcd (default: dry.idx)

  * ``psf_outfile``: name of output PSF file (default: dry.psf)

  * ``dcd_outfile``: name of output DCD file (default: dry.dcd)

  * ``dcd_infiles``: ordered list of names of input DCD files

  * ``dcd_stride``: stride for output DCD file (default: 1)



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