<prompt> Human: I currently have about 30,000 in a Vanguard Health fund that began in 2012 and Im wondering if I can withdraw 5,000 from it, in the same manner that I might withdraw money from a checking account.  <response>: Its not the same manner. A mutual fund is not an account A mutual fund is not moneyYou will be selling enough shares of the mutual fund to get 5000, and may have some capital gain and tax to go with it. 