{| class="wikitable"
|+ ''Qubes Inheritance and Persistence''

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