Reclaim Disk Space

prlctl reclaim-disk <vm_id> [--estimate] [--allow-shutdown] [--json]

Optimizes the virtual machine's disk file to reduce the disk space it occupies. Use this command when you have just deleted a large amount of files and need to free up space urgently; otherwise, normal procedures (e.g., TRIM on Windows machines) will suffice.

To proceed with this operation, the virtual machine must be shut down first. Applying the --allow-shutdown parameter will shut down a running virtual machine before the reclaim operation is performed.

When used with the --estimate parameter, will only provide the estimated size but will not actually reclaim any space. Adding --json in conjunction will change the output to JSON.