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title: How to Shrink a WSL2 Virtual Disk – SCRIPT
updated: 2022-10-17 18:47:57Z
created: 2022-10-17 18:47:57Z
source: https://stephenreescarter.net/how-to-shrink-a-wsl2-virtual-disk/
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just put the in the flle scriptname.txt the lines

```batch
wsl.exe –terminate WSLinux
wsl –shutdown
select vdisk file=%appdata%\\..\\Local\\Local\\Packages\\SomeWSLVendorName\\LocalState\\ext4.vhdx
compact vdisk
exit
```

Create a task in task scheduler with this action

`diskpart /s PathToScript\\scriptname.txt > logfile.txt`