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UBUNTU CLEAN DISK SPACE HOW TO
UBUNTU CLEAN DISK SPACE INSTALL

UBUNTU CLEAN DISK SPACE INSTALL

This includes not being able to install a new kernel.ģ.

The contents of your “ lost+found” folders have grown.

Your NTFS partition shows the incorrect size.

Your cloned partition doesn’t show the new partition’s correct size.

Various log files have increased in size and/or number.

Downloads have accumulated in /var/cache/apt/archives.

Deleted files in the trash bin are still on your system taking up disk space.

Backup files were mistakenly saved to the wrong location.

A partition, such as / or /boot, is too small.

Where Did My Free Space Go? – Common Causes

UBUNTU CLEAN DISK SPACE HOW TO

This thread presents ways to discover what is using large portions of your disk space and how to regain some free space.Ģ. Maybe your system is reporting a partition full when you know it isn’t. Perhaps you looked at your system with a file browser or Disk Usage Analyzer and realized that you were running out of disk space. “There is not enough room on the disk to save …” or perhaps you received an error message about “insufficient disk space”. If you find you need to increase the size of the Wubi folder, please visit this site: HOWTO: Resize the WUBI virtual disk In a Rush? … Go Directly to # 6 for possible solutions or to # 8 for a step-by-step summary.Ī Note to Wubi Users: While the same things that steal disk space from a normal Ubuntu installation can occur in Wubi, and the methods below will work, it is also possible that you did not allocate enough space within Windows for the Wubi file. If you know your issue is related to Trash, please refer to Disk Full? – Check Your Trash Bin(s) for a more comprehensive treatment of that subject. This guide is an outgrowth of a tutorial covering residual Trash files. Although Linux ‘thinks’ of everything as a file, I will often refer to folders, partitions, and devices to keep things simpler for users transitioning from other operating systems. The primary focus is on restoring space on the system partition ( / ) but the commands can easily be modified for other partitions as well. It presents various reasons why free space may have unexpectedly disappeared or changed, and how to locate and remove the files which now may be occupying this space. This guide was created to help users who are having issues with disk space, or lack thereof.