Apologies if someone previously asked this; I could not find anything on it.
I run Kubuntu 18.04 with a Windows 10 VM and 64G RAM, using Workstation Pro 14.1.4. I obsessively back everything up, possibly counter-productively. As a result, I have a lot of old snapshot and vmdk files. I know how to get rid of snapshots one at a time, but I'm wondering (a) whether there is a quicker way, and (b) do I really need all those vmdk files? Their dates suggest to me that I don't, but I don't want to do anything rash. (I have, though, a complete copy of all of the files on an external hard drive.
Here is the file listing, showing the size of each file:
total 512G Date
660K vmware-0.log 11/14/18
2.9M vmware-1.log 11/11/18
636K vmware-2.log 10/25/18
484K vmware.log 11/15/18
56G Windows10x6412217-000001.vmdk 4/21/18
4.0K Windows10x6412217-000001.vmdk.lck 11/14/18
46G Windows10x6412217-000002.vmdk 2/24/18
4.0K Windows10x6412217-000002.vmdk.lck 11/14/18
33G Windows10x6412217-000003.vmdk 5/8/18
4.0K Windows10x6412217-000003.vmdk.lck 11/14/18
46G Windows10x6412217-000004.vmdk 2/24/18
4.0K Windows10x6412217-000004.vmdk.lck 11/14/18
51G Windows10x6412217-000005.vmdk 7/3/18
4.0K Windows10x6412217-000005.vmdk.lck 11/14/18
62G Windows10x6412217-000006.vmdk 11/14/18
4.0K Windows10x6412217-000006.vmdk.lck 11/14/18
12K Windows10x6412217.nvram 11/15/18
33G Windows10x6412217-Snapshot10.vmem 7/3/18
6.0M Windows10x6412217-Snapshot10.vmsn 7/3/18
33G Windows10x6412217-Snapshot5.vmem 12/13/17
8.4M Windows10x6412217-Snapshot5.vmsn 12/13/17
33G Windows10x6412217-Snapshot6.vmem 12/21/17
7.4M Windows10x6412217-Snapshot6.vmsn 12/21/17
33G Windows10x6412217-Snapshot7.vmem 2/24/18
5.9M Windows10x6412217-Snapshot7.vmsn 2/24/18
32K Windows10x6412217-Snapshot8.vmsn 4/21/18
33G Windows10x6412217-Snapshot9.vmem 5/8/18
4.5M Windows10x6412217-Snapshot9.vmsn 5/8/18
61G Windows10x6412217.vmdk 2/24/18
4.0K Windows10x6412217.vmdk.lck 11/14/18
4.0K Windows10x6412217.vmsd 7/13/18
4.0K Windows10x6412217.vmx 11/14/18
4.0K Windows10x6412217.vmxf 6/19/18
4.0K Windows10x6412217.vmx.lck 11/14/18
My "logic" says I can't possibly need all those old, bulky files. OTOH, what I think doesn't count; everything depends on what VMware Workstation thinks. So does anyone know how I might begin to approach this job? I am most grateful for your consideration.