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Shrink docker.qcow2 (which can get verylarge) on macOS
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docker/for-mac#371 (comment)

If you can remove all images/containers then:

Stop Docker.

docker rm $(docker ps -a -q)
docker rmi $(docker images -q)
docker volume rm $(docker volume ls |awk '{print $2}')
rm -rf ~/Library/Containers/com.docker.docker/Data/*

Start Docker, you have yours GB back.

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