I created a VM using Virtual Box, but I gave it 25 GB, and I had 15 GB free. So I deleted it, and soon, uninstalled Virtual Box, but when I open my filesystem's properties, it is full, I mean to say about 80% of it is still in use, and the vdi file isn't anywhere. How do I free it up?
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By default your VirtualBox files should be located in $HOME/VirtualBox VMs/ so if you navigate there you should easily see if there are any remaining .vdi files still in place.
If your files were in a non-default location try running the following in a Terminal window to find them:
find $HOME -iname *.vdi
And when you find the files you can manually delete them...
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I've tried that before asking that question, I think it damaged my filesystem, because it must've tried to allocate 25GB, while I had only 15 GB free. – Nafees Feb 25 '16 at 10:28
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ext4 is quite robust, it doesn't get damaged because of trying to allocate more space than it has available. – Javier Rivera Feb 26 '16 at 07:37
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Check this question to find what is using your disk space: http://askubuntu.com/questions/73160/how-do-i-find-the-amount-of-free-space-on-my-hard-drive – Javier Rivera Feb 26 '16 at 07:39
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Since there are multiple file formats the hard disk image could be using it might be easier to use 'find $HOME -iname *.vbox' – Alex Broadwin Aug 23 '19 at 18:34
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Uninstall VirtualBox:
sudo apt-get remove --purge virtualbox
Remove all settings:
sudo rm ~/.config/VirtualBox/ -Rf
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df -hshow? – andrew.46 Feb 25 '16 at 11:21