Windows7.pvm and windows files removal

Hey

I have an old parallels partition on my new imac after a time machine copy from an old 2012 machine

Parallels is no longer on the machine but all windows files and the VM the file windows7.pvm of 50 gig still here.


How do i delete the windows.pvm and files acn claim back the 50 gig ?


I cant find the partition in disc utility at all, but if i run diskutil list in terminal i get the following

Im taking a stab in the not so dark and assume that disk2s4 with the APFS Volume VM is the virtual machine one.

So if any 1 could guide me to get rid og this i would be grateful.


ps.I have looked up other solutions, but they mainly comback to having the software instaled ( parallels )

So if i should install that let me know.


thx


#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER
0: GUID_partition_scheme 121.3 GB disk0
1: EFI EFI 314.6 MB disk0s1
2: Apple_APFS Container disk2 121.0 GB disk0s2


/dev/disk1 (internal, physical):

#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER
0: GUID_partition_scheme *3.0 TB disk1
1: EFI EFI 209.7 MB disk1s1
2: Apple_APFS Container disk2 3.0 TB disk1s2


/dev/disk2 (synthesized):

#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER
0: APFS Container Scheme - +3.1 TB disk2
Physical Stores disk0s2, disk1s2
1: APFS Volume Macintosh HD 818.7 GB disk2s1
2: APFS Volume Preboot 44.1 MBdisk2s2
3: APFS Volume Recovery 512.4 MB disk2s3
4: APFS Volume VM 2.1 GB disk2s4

iMac with Retina 5K display, iOS 12.1

Posted on Nov 3, 2018 7:41 PM

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Posted on Nov 3, 2018 7:58 PM

In the Finder search window, type "Windows7.pvm" without the quotes, select the file then delete it. It's not a partition, it's a Parallel's PVM file.

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