'''Table:''' ''Qubes R4 Inheritance and Persistence''
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! scope="col"|
! scope="col"| '''Inheritance''' [Upon creation.]
! scope="col"| '''Persistence''' [Following shutdown.]
|-
! scope="row"| [https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/glossary/#template Template] [https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/templates/] [The former name was Template.]
| n/a
| Everything
|-
! [https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/glossary/#app-qube App Qubes] [The former name was AppVM or TemplateBasedVM.]
| ''/etc/skel/''
to ''/home/''
| ''/rw/''
(includes ''/home/''
and [https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/bind-dirs/ bind-dirs
])
|-
! scope="row" | [https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/glossary/#disposable-template Disposable Template] [https://github.com/QubesOS/qubes-issues/issues/4175] [Former names included Disposable Template, DVM Template, and DVM.]
| ''/etc/skel/''
to ''/home/''
| ''/rw/''
(includes ''/home/''
, ''/usr/local''
and [https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/bind-dirs/ bind-dirs
])
|-
! scope="row" | [https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/how-to-use-disposables/ Disposable] [https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/glossary/#disposable] [Former names included Disposable and DispVM.]
| ''/rw/''
(includes ''/home/''
, ''/usr/local''
and [https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/bind-dirs/ bind-dirs
])
| Nothing
|}