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8 Replies Last post: Oct 4, 2008 5:20 PM by JohnZonie
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Deleting a virtual machine

Sep 24, 2007 12:06 PM

Click to view sarimoo's profile Novice sarimoo 7 posts since
Sep 24, 2007
Hi again.

I would like to delete one virtual machine from my HD. So I just drag and drop it to my trash and that's it? It releases all the gigabytes it held within?

Sari
Reply Re: Deleting a virtual machine Sep 24, 2007 12:10 PM
Click to view rcardona2k's profile Champion rcardona2k 5,121 posts since
Oct 20, 2005
Yes, it's that easy so long as you have not moved your virtual hard disk to a different location.
Reply Re: Deleting a virtual machine Sep 24, 2007 12:14 PM
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Click to view etung's profile Guru etung 11,030 posts since
Oct 15, 2006 VMware
sarimoo: Drag it to the trash from the Finder, but yeah. I suggest A Beginner's Guide to VMware Fusion, which covers this.

Richard: Hey, good to see you back! We missed you, where've you been? :)
Reply Re: Deleting a virtual machine Sep 24, 2007 12:17 PM
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Click to view rcardona2k's profile Champion rcardona2k 5,121 posts since
Oct 20, 2005
Eric - I had my MacBook Pro stolen a while back so I've been making do. I have a new Santa Rosa MBP now so I should be able to contribute again.
Reply Re: Deleting a virtual machine Sep 24, 2007 12:24 PM
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Click to view etung's profile Guru etung 11,030 posts since
Oct 15, 2006 VMware
Ow! My sympathies, that must have sucked.
Reply Re: Deleting a virtual machine Sep 24, 2007 1:28 PM
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Click to view bgertzfield's profile Master bgertzfield 1,120 posts since
Sep 7, 2005 VMware
Welcome back, rcardona! I'm so sorry to hear about your laptop being stolen.

Let us know if there are any Fusion questions with your new laptop!
Reply Re: Deleting a virtual machine Oct 4, 2008 5:08 PM
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Click to view JohnZonie's profile Enthusiast JohnZonie 53 posts since
Dec 5, 2007

I just tried to delete a VM by Move To Trash in Finder, per the above instruction. I didn't see anything about deleting a VM in the New User Guide, unless I missed it (possible). Now when I start Fusion (2.0 BTW), the list shows the VM with a '?' and a File Not Found error. See attached WM window screen grab.

Is there another place an entry should be removed to delete a VM?

Thanks.

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Reply Re: Deleting a virtual machine Oct 4, 2008 5:17 PM
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Click to view etung's profile Guru etung 11,030 posts since
Oct 15, 2006 VMware
This is expected - Fusion can't tell if the virtual machine was located on some removable media (and thus might be back at a later point) or if you deleted it. Select the entry in the Virtual Machine Library and press delete to tell Fusion to forget about it.

By popular request, in Fusion 2.0 you can shortcut this. Instead of deleting the virtual machine in the Finder and telling Fusion to forget about it, you can skip the first step and go directly to the second. If Fusion can still find the file, it will ask if you want to delete the virtual machine from the disk or just have Fusion forget about it.
Reply Re: Deleting a virtual machine Oct 4, 2008 5:20 PM
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Click to view JohnZonie's profile Enthusiast JohnZonie 53 posts since
Dec 5, 2007
Thanks. Sometimes the easiest approach escapes me :(
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