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<topic id="ts-virtual-disk-compacting">
<title>Can't Compact VMDK Virtual Disk Images</title>
<body>
<dl>
<dlentry>
<dt>Details</dt>
<dd>
<p><b outputclass="bold"/> The <userinput>VBoxManage modifymedium --compact</userinput> command is currently only implemented for VDI and VHD files. You can't use this command for VMDK files.</p>
</dd>
</dlentry>
<dlentry>
<dt>Workaround</dt>
<dd>
<p>At the moment the only way to optimize the size of a virtual disk image in VMDK is to clone the image and then use the cloned image in the VM configuration.</p>
</dd>
</dlentry>
</dl>
</body>
</topic>
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