To shrink the virtual machine’s files on your Mac, click the “Reclaim” disk space button here. Reclaim Disk Space: Virtual machines tend to expand over time as you add and delete files inside them.But these files will be erased whenever you shut down the virtual machine. This is just a temporary fix, however-if you restart the virtual machine in the future and then put it back to sleep instead of shutting down, those resume files will be recreated. If you resume the virtual machine by clicking the “Resume” button and then select “Shut Down”, these files will be deleted. Resume & Shutdown: If you put the virtual machine to sleep instead of shutting it down, the contents of the virtual machine’s memory are saved to your Mac’s hard drive.
Click the “Snapshot Manager” button and you can choose to delete some snapshots to free up space. You’ll see the Free Up Disk Space wizard for that virtual machine. If you have multiple virtual machines you want to free up space from, you’ll need to repeat the below process for each virtual machine.
