What can I discard

[pinnerite]

My home directory has two VM directories:
VirtualBox VMs and
VirtualBox_VMs

I only have two VMs:

Windows 10-x64 and
Windows XP SP2
Yet I have loads of files that look as though they might be redundant.
Attached are the two "trees". What can I delete?

TIA

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/home/alan/VirtualBox VMs
├── Windows 10-x64 1
│   ├── Windows 10-x64 1.vbox
│   └── Windows 10-x64-disk001.vdi
├── Windows_XP_Professional
│   ├── Logs
│   │   └── VBox.log
│   ├── Windows_XP_Professional.vbox
│   ├── Windows_XP_Professional.vbox-prev
│   └── Windows_XP_Professional.vdi
└── WinXP
    ├── Logs
    │   ├── VBox.log
    │   └── VBox.log.1
    ├── WinXP.vbox
    └── WinXP.vbox-prev

/home/alan/VirtualBox_VMs
├── Windows 10-x64
│   ├── Logs
│   │   ├── VBox.log
│   │   ├── VBox.log.1
│   │   ├── VBox.log.2
│   │   ├── VBox.log.3
│   │   └── VBoxUI.log
│   ├── Snapshots
│   │   └── Logs
│   │       ├── VBox.log
│   │       ├── VBox.log.1
│   │       ├── VBox.log.2
│   │       └── VBox.log.3
│   ├── Windows 10-x64-1.15-linux.vbox
│   ├── Windows 10-x64-1.17-linux.vbox
│   ├── Windows 10-x64.nvram
│   ├── Windows 10-x64-screen0.webm
│   ├── Windows 10-x64.vbox
│   ├── Windows 10-x64.vbox-prev
│   └── Windows 10-x64.vdi
└── Windows XP SP3
    ├── Logs
    │   ├── VBox.log
    │   ├── VBox.log.1
    │   ├── VBox.log.2
    │   └── VBox.log.3
    ├── Windows XP SP2-1.15-linux.vbox
    ├── Windows XP SP2-1.17-linux.vbox
    ├── Windows XP SP2.vdi
    ├── Windows XP SP3.vbox
    └── Windows XP SP3.vbox-prev

[scottgus1]

Please post this file, zipped:

$HOME/.config/VirtualBox/Virtualbox.XML

[pinnerite]

Thank you.
File attached.

[pinnerite]

OK I have worked what must have happened.

The name of the base directory in $HOME in the VirtualBox manual is $HOME/VirtualBox VMs.

I reckon I changed mine at some point to VirtualBox_VMs.

It certainly shows that in the XML file referred to above.

Anyway I deleted the $HOME/VirtualBox VMs directory (on an older backup drive I might add) to no ill effect.

Sorry to have troubled you.

[scottgus1]

Sorry, I forgot to come back to this topic! Glad you found a solution.