[SOLVED] How do you delete a virtual box made fixed hard drive image?

[paulley_trolley]

Hi, I installed virtual box on my computer, but then, after the fixed hard drive image (10 gig) was made, i decided not to and deleted the virtual machine, and uninstalled virtual box. I can't find the hard drive image in the file browser,and it takes up a lot of space. It's in the default place, i just don't know where it is saved so i can delete it. Does anyone know what to do?

[cosine352]

should be in the .VirtualBox/VDI

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gnome-open \.VirtualBox/VDI

[paulley_trolley]

It was there, but after i deleted it, i opened a new file browser and clicked properties to check how much free space was left, and it says the same thing, making it appear that it's still there.

[jimmy the saint]

If you are more comfortable in a graphical file browser hit <ctr>+H in your file browser and your hidden files will be shown. At this point find your .virtualbox folder and look inside. You will find a VDI folder which contains your virtual drives.

[paulley_trolley]

I found the .virtualbox folder, but it was empty, and i deleted it, and it still says the same amount of free space left.

[voteforpedro36]

Did you empty the trash after you deleted it? That might clear the space.

[paulley_trolley]

Did you empty the trash after you deleted it? That might clear the space.

Oh, duh, that did it, thanks everyone.

[bodhi.zazen]

You can do all this from the virtualbox gui.

First detach the hard drive from your virtual machine, then delete it.