# Clean up (or validate) Postgres data?

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/clean-up-or-validate-postgres-data/168668
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**Created:** [October 29, 2020, 6:16pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/clean-up-or-validate-postgres-data/168668 "2020-10-29T18:16:09Z")
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### Author: ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [October 31, 2020, 10:22pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/clean-up-or-validate-postgres-data/168668/2 "2020-10-31T22:22:19Z")

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I assume you’ve already done

`./launcher cleanup`

and

`apt-get autoclean`  
`apt-get autoremove`

You can do a full vacuum on your postgres database, too, if you want to make sure it is totally ship-shape. This can also clean up some space in the database. See [Recover from a very slow database](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-recover-from-a-very-slow-database/68793)

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