In this section, I am going to show you how to rename existing snapshots and delete snapshots of a VMware Workstation Pro 16 virtual machine using Snapshot Manager. As you can see, all the directories that I have removed from the HOME directory of the virtual machine are back. Select the snapshot you want to restore the virtual machine from snapshot-1 in this case and click on Go To as marked in the screenshot below.

The Snapshot Manager of the virtual machine should be displayed, and all the available snapshots should be listed here. I have started the virtual machine after taking a snapshot, and I will delete all the directories from the HOME directory of the virtual machine as marked in the screenshot below.Īs you can see, all the directories from the HOME directory of the virtual machine are gone. In this section, I am going to show you how to restore a VMware Workstation Pro 16 virtual machine from a snapshot. You can type in a Name and a meaningful short Description optional for the snapshot and click on Take Snapshot to take a snapshot of the current state of the virtual machine. The Take Snapshot window should be displayed. If you take a snapshot of a powered-on virtual machine, the virtual machine will be in the powered-on state when you restore it from the snapshot. If you take a snapshot of a powered-off virtual machine, the virtual machine will be in the powered-off state when you restore it from the snapshot. The virtual machine can be powered on or powered off.

In this article, I am going to show you how to take snapshots of a VMware Workstation Pro 16 virtual machine and how to restore the virtual machine from snapshots.

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