# Disk space cleanup

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/disk-space-cleanup/301984>\
**Category:** Self-hosting\
**Tags:** server-resources\
**Created:** [April 2, 2024, 4:05am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/disk-space-cleanup/301984 "2024-04-02T04:05:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![CT075](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/ct075/32/375367_2.png) [@CT075](https://meta.discourse.org/u/CT075)\
**Post date:** [April 3, 2024, 8:59pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/disk-space-cleanup/301984/5 "2024-04-03T20:59:57Z")

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Of course, how silly of me.

The output of `du -cha --max-depth=2 /var | grep -E "M|G"`

```plaintext
2.1M /var/backups
12K /var/discourse/README.md
2.2M /var/discourse/.git
2.7M /var/discourse
54M /var/lib/mlocate
36M /var/lib/dpkg
190M /var/lib/apt
18G /var/lib/docker
18G /var/lib
3.4M /var/log/btmp
1.2M /var/log/auth.log.3.gz
4.1G /var/log/journal
1.2M /var/log/auth.log.2.gz
42M /var/log/btmp.1
1.6M /var/log/auth.log.4.gz
7.9M /var/log/auth.log.1
6.5M /var/log/auth.log
4.1G /var/log
1.2M /var/cache/man
312M /var/cache/apt
2.8M /var/cache/snapd
4.9M /var/cache/debconf
320M /var/cache
46G /var/docker/shared
46G /var/docker
68G /var
68G total

```

DIgging deeper into /var/docker/shared and /var/lib/docker:

```plaintext
15G /var/docker/shared/standalone/postgres_data
6.8G /var/docker/shared/standalone/backups
14G /var/docker/shared/standalone/uploads
43M /var/docker/shared/standalone/redis_data
69M /var/docker/shared/standalone/log
12G /var/docker/shared/standalone/postgres_data_old
14M /var/docker/shared/standalone/letsencrypt
46G /var/docker/shared/standalone
46G /var/docker/shared
46G total

```

```plaintext
17M /var/lib/docker/image/overlay2
17M /var/lib/docker/image
14G /var/lib/docker/overlay2/ed229eed209ffa6339adc9de9033c12487732c74572a3dc608eb32d720d1837c
1.2G /var/lib/docker/overlay2/7448f4eb6c5a9e09b0a5537aa454c30221ab95314418eac9078c7c774de784e2
2.4G /var/lib/docker/overlay2/8a7ca976e2c8b362302c2abb95d306520206bf3e6125672b160b19e150d1f914
88M /var/lib/docker/overlay2/c6cd5a3006efb2457f3bba70450a85c42f53bfc7cdc3416fb6cfb5990e2eed72
1.1G /var/lib/docker/overlay2/9f8a463bdc03f518d6f25a7c11873122bf858a266fd6ca40ea19dfb4a78e1f8d
18G /var/lib/docker/overlay2
18G /var/lib/docker
18G total

```

Offhand, `postgres_data_old` looks suspicious. Is that safe to clean up?

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