I want to reduce the size of the internal hard drive of the emulator.

Topic: Android Version Selection

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It is not possible to reduce the size of an existing Genymotion device's internal disk; the recommended method is to create (or recreate) a virtual device with the desired disk size or delete snapshots and data to recover space on the host. To immediately free up space, delete snapshots and media from Genymotion Desktop > Settings > Storage, and if necessary, delete the device and create a new one with less storage size.

Detailed steps:

  • Free up space without recreating the device: in Genymotion Desktop, open Genymotion > Settings > Storage, use the Clear buttons for caches and Open to manually delete the Media folder (this recovers space on macOS).
  • Delete unused snapshots and devices: in the launcher, select the virtual device, right-click > Delete (or delete individual snapshots) to free up disk image space on the host.
  • If you need to purge all local data: close Genymotion and delete the configuration/data folders on your Mac ($HOME/.Genymobile and preferences), as indicated in the complete uninstallation article. This deletes everything and recovers space but removes configurations and media.
  • To use a smaller internal disk permanently: create a new virtual device and, when configuring, choose an image or template with less available storage; recreating the device is the supported method to change the file system size.

Would you like me to guide you step by step to locate and delete the Media folder or to create a new virtual device with less storage?

Q&A ID: 949

Source Confidence: 67% (based on semantic similarity to source pages)