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Q&A How to move Rancher Desktop virtual disk file to another location?

I am using Rancher Desktop as an alternative to Docker Desktop. After using docker for a while I have noticed that C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\Docker\wsl\data\ext4.vhdx has grown quite a bit (20GB+...

1 answer  ·  posted 1y ago by Alexei‭  ·  last activity 1y ago by Alexei‭

#1: Initial revision by user avatar Alexei‭ · 2023-06-28T13:28:18Z (over 1 year ago)
How to move Rancher Desktop virtual disk file to another location?
I am using Rancher Desktop as an alternative to Docker Desktop. After using docker for a while I have noticed that `C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\Docker\wsl\data\ext4.vhdx` has grown quite a bit (20GB+) and it's taking a lot of space from the system drive space.

I know that can I can "prune" it (remove old images and shrink the vhdx file), but I would be more comfortable with moving it to a place where it can grow more without worrying too much about it.

How can I move it to another location (i.e. another drive)?

I am using WSL 2 under Windows 10.