Delete a Snapshot - VMware
docs.vmware.com › en › VMware-vSphereFeb 12, 2020 · Delete a single snapshot. Navigate to and select a snapshot in the snapshots tree. Click Delete and click the Delete button. The snapshot data is consolidated to the parent snapshot and the selected snapshot is removed from the snapshot tree. Delete all snapshots. Click Delete All and click the Delete all button.
Deleting Snapshots - VMware
docs.vmware.com › en › VMware-vSphereJul 22, 2019 · Deleting a snapshot consolidates the changes between snapshots and previous disk states and writes all the data from the delta disk that contains the information about the deleted snapshot to the parent disk. When you delete the base parent snapshot, all changes merge with the base virtual machine disk. To delete a snapshot, a large amount of information needs to be read and written to a disk.