How to Delete Parallels Desktop

Parallels Desktop is a popular third-party application that provides additional functionality to OS X systems. If you're no longer using a particular virtual machine, deleting it can help free up disk space on your Mac. Here's how to do it.

To delete a virtual machine in Parallels Desktop or Parallels Desktop Lite, follow these steps:

1. Go to the Finder and empty the Trash as usual (or right-click the Trash icon in the Mac Dock and choose 'Empty Trash'). This is necessary to actually delete the virtual machine from your Mac.

2. Launch Parallels or Parallels Desktop Lite, but do not start any virtual machine.

3. Select 'File' menu and choose 'Remove', or alternatively right-click on the VM and choose 'Remove'.

4. Select the virtual machine you want to delete from the Control Center (if Parallels launches immediately into a VM, exit the VM and go to the main screen first).

5. Confirm that you want to delete the virtual machine by clicking 'Yes' in the pop-up window.

6. If prompted, choose whether to move the virtual machine to the Trash or keep its files.

Alternatively, you can also delete a virtual machine using the right-click menu:

1. Select the virtual machine in Parallels and right-click on it.

2. Choose 'Move to Trash' to delete the virtual machine without saving anything, or choose 'Keep Files' to be able to use the VM again in the future if needed.

Once you've deleted a virtual machine, its files will be permanently erased from your Mac's hard drive. If you need to recover a deleted virtual machine, you can do so by moving it back to Parallels Desktop before emptying the Trash.

Remember that deleting a virtual machine is permanent and cannot be undone. Make sure to backup any important data before deleting a VM.

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