# Can I delete Tart virtual machines in ~/.tart/vms?

- URL: https://moreroom.app/folders/vm-tart
- Item: Tart virtual machines
- Location: `~/.tart/vms` (items inside)
- Verdict: Keep — your data — Your data. Shrink it from its app; don’t delete the folder.
- Comes back on its own: no
- Typical size: 20–100 GB per VM
- Source: MoreRoom rules catalogue (2026-10-17), by Yando Pte. Ltd.

## What is it?

Tart, the virtualisation tool by Cirrus Labs for Apple silicon, stores each local macOS or Linux VM in its own folder in `~/.tart/vms`, with its disk, NVRAM and configuration. Each VM holds everything you installed or changed in it. macOS VMs are typically 20–100 GB.

## What happens if you delete it?

No. A VM you cloned from a registry image can be cloned again, but the changes you made inside it are lost.

## How to remove it properly

Run `tart list` to see local VMs and `tart delete <name>` to remove one you no longer use. This deletes permanently.

## Before you delete it

CI setups often reuse local VMs by name; check that no script depends on one before deleting it.