Uninstall

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AngloWelsh
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Uninstall

Post by AngloWelsh »

hi

i no longer need VirtualBox and removed it from my MacBook Air but it seems a large amount of disk is still being used, any ideas how to remove it fully?

regards
mpack
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Primary OS: MS Windows 10
VBox Version: VirtualBox+Oracle ExtPack
Guest OSses: Mostly XP

Re: Uninstall

Post by mpack »

Use the host OS to delete the ".VirtualBox" and "VirtualBoxVMs" data folders.
AngloWelsh
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Re: Uninstall

Post by AngloWelsh »

hi

did that but it still seems to be holding loads of disk, any ideas?
mpack
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Posts: 39134
Joined: 4. Sep 2008, 17:09
Primary OS: MS Windows 10
VBox Version: VirtualBox+Oracle ExtPack
Guest OSses: Mostly XP

Re: Uninstall

Post by mpack »

Empty the trashcan. If you delete files, they are gone: if not then you would need to contact Apple about a very basic bug in their OS.
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