I have a MBP M1Pro with Parallels and a Win11 ARM install - all works very well for what I need, I predominantly use Windows to install games from Steam or GOG before making Mac wrappers for them. In my Win11 pvm file the VHD is now sat at 158.65GB in size....but in windows my HDD usage is only 42.9GB as I download and install the games, move the files onto Mac partition and then uninstall / delete the games and its files from Windows. The "Free up disk space" options in Parallels is not showing anything to clear or reclaim, how do I shrink my VHD file back down - can it be done or do I just need to start spinning up a fresh Win11 every time?
Never mind, found the answer. If you have a similar problem just follow the instructions here: https://www.reddit.com/r/mac/commen...Id=1778661219.1722690069&sessionId=1722690068
