# Disk space too full to update Discourse instance

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/disk-space-too-full-to-update-discourse-instance/407229
**Category:** Self-hosting
**Created:** [July 10, 2026, 12:08am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/disk-space-too-full-to-update-discourse-instance/407229 "2026-07-10T00:08:01Z")
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### Author: ![Ed\_S](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/ed_s/32/134015_2.png) [@Ed\_S](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Ed_S)
#### Post date: [July 10, 2026, 7:48am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/disk-space-too-full-to-update-discourse-instance/407229/11 "2026-07-10T07:48:25Z")

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Indeed, please show all your outputs. I wouldn’t recommend looking around inside the container - your problem is at system level, and that’s where to start looking. And don’t look where you think there might be a problem, but look at the whole picture.

First, reboot. You want a clean filesystem and a fresh system.

Next, see this previous thread for detailed advice:

> [@Running out of space - Docker image is large?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/running-out-of-space-docker-image-is-large/404122/3):
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> Please post details of what happened

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