Where Does minikube Store Clusters?
minikube profiles, cache and config.json in ~/.minikube on all desktop platforms.
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minikube keeps profiles, cached ISOs and config.json in a .minikube folder in home. Kubeconfig entries point at these clusters from ~/.kube.
Profiles isolate clusters. Deleting the folder orphans kubeconfig entries, so use minikube delete for clean removal.
Where minikube stores this, by platform
%USERPROFILE%\.minikube
Holds profiles, cache and config.json. Same path on all platforms. Manage with minikube commands; kubeconfig lives separately in ~/.kube.
~/.minikube
Same layout. Driver VMs (Docker, QEMU) store disks in their own backends outside this tree.
Frequently asked questions
How do I free minikube disk space?
Run minikube delete to remove a cluster and its disk image. The profiles folder holds per-cluster state; cache holds pre-pulled ISOs shared across clusters.
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