In the Add Share dialog box, select the shared folder using the Folder Path drop-down, and choose a folder from your host OS. Click the + button to open the Add Share dialog box.ģ. You will see the following settings window in your guest system. From the top menu bar of VirtualBox, go to Shared Folders > Shared Folders Settings.Ģ. Follow the steps below to share a file or folder between the host and guest systems.ġ. For folder sharing, either create a new folder or use an existing folder. You can share multiple folders between the guest OS and the host OS. Now, we will share a folder between the host and guest systems. Once VirtualBox Guest Additions has been installed on the Guest OS, you can share folders between the host system and the guest system.

Installation will begin, and once completed, you will be asked to press Enter to close the window. Click Run to install Guest Additions on the guest machine.Ĥ. On the top menu bar of VirtualBox, click Devices, then select Insert Guest Additions CD image to insert a virtual CD inside the guest system.ģ. Open VirtualBox in your host system and start a guest operating system.Ģ. To do so, the following steps must be taken:ġ. To enable file sharing between host and guest, you must install Guest Additions in the guest OS.

Install VirtualBox Guest Additions on the guest system To enable sharing between guest and host OS, we will install VirtualBox Guest Additions on the guest OS and then share and mount a folder from the host OS to the guest OS.

Guest OS installed in the virtual machineįor this demonstration, we are using Windows10 as the host OS and Ubuntu 20.04 LTS as the guest OS.In this article, we will show you how to install VirtualBox Guest Additions and share folders between the host OS and the guest OS. However, the VirtualBox guest addition utility enables the guest machine to share files to and from the host OS. A guest OS is an isolated OS that has access to neither the host nor the other machines in VirtualBox. When working on a guest OS, you often need to share files to and from the host OS.

Transfer file from host to virtualbox