How do I purge the C:/Mac/MacDisk file?

Discussion in 'Installation and Configuration of Parallels Desktop' started by OlivierM2, Oct 29, 2025 at 6:29 AM.

  1. OlivierM2

    OlivierM2

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    Hello, I am currently trying out the trial version of Parallels Desktop and am experiencing a disk space issue.
    My Mac is an M1 PRO with a 994 GB HDD, and I currently have over 200 GB of free space on the Mac's disk.
    I installed Parallels Desktop and Windows 11 and tried several resource-intensive programs. I quickly realised that the 256 GB VM was too small. I wanted to increase the VM to 300 GB, but W11 remained at 256 GB.
    I deleted a resource-intensive app to free up space, but the W11 C drive did not free up any space. In C:/Mac, Mac disk had a size of 190 GB.
    I thought W11 was malfunctioning, so I deleted the W11 VM to create a new one, but I realised that the C directory had even less space. C:/Mac Mac disk increased to 216 GB, leaving me with even less space.
    How do I purge this Mac disk? I don't understand how it works.
    Thank you for your help.
     

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