Delete .vmdk files

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I'm using vmware fusion on osx (Snow Leopard) and I noticed that for every virtual machine I have, there's a bunch of huge (2Gb) vmdk files? What are they, snapshots?

Can I delete some of them? How can I stop vmware fusion from creating this many vmdk files?

Best Answer

they are:

Virtual disk that stores the contents of a VMware virtual machine hard disk; can be accessed as a physical hard disk with VMware software; typically named "[vmname].vdmk;" may be set at a fixed size or configured to grow over time using VMware's Virtual Disk Manager.

VDMK files are used by VMware software, but can also be mounted as a virtual disk using WinMount. Once the VDMK file has been mounted with WinMount, users can delete, copy, and modify files in the virtual disk.

From: http://www.fileinfo.com/extension/vmdk

As you can see, they are data files for your virtual machines. If you delete them, you will most likely lose data and corrupt your VM - so I wouldn't recommend deleting them unless you want to get rid of your virtual machine...

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