Answer by ILIV for Do VirtualBox snapshots take up space?
Yes, they do, and apparently snapshotting also increases disk space usage compared to just a single logical disk. Check out this excellent blog post on how to merge snapshots and compact them to reduce...
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When you take a snapshot, VirtualBox stops writing to the .vdi and starts writing to the snapshot file. When you merge, it merges the snapshot file into the original .vdi and you're left with the...
View ArticleDo VirtualBox snapshots take up space?
When I remove a snapshot, it just says 'Merging differencing image'. I don't know how much room each snapshot is taking. It's certainly not copying everything.
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