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title: How to Use Disposables
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A **disposable** is a lightweight VM that can be created quickly and will disappear when closed.
disposables are usually created in order to host a single application, like a viewer, editor, or web browser.
A [disposable](/doc/glossary/#disposable) is a lightweight [qube](/doc/glossary/#qube) that can be created quickly and will self-destruct when closed.
Disposables are usually created in order to host a single application, like a viewer, editor, or web browser.
From inside an app qube, choosing the `Open in disposable` option on a file will launch a disposable for just that file.
Changes made to a file opened in a disposable are passed back to the originating VM.
This means that you can safely work with untrusted files without risk of compromising your other VMs.
disposables can be launched either directly from dom0's Start Menu or terminal window, or from within app qubes.
Disposables can be launched either directly from dom0's Start Menu or terminal window, or from within app qubes.
While running, disposables will appear in Qubes VM Manager with the name `disp####`.
[![disposablevm-example.png](/attachment/doc/disposablevm-example.png)](/attachment/doc/disposablevm-example.png)