Reclaim disk space¶

Clear the cache¶

An easy way to reclaim a sizeable amount of disk space is to clear the cache in a user’s home directory.

Launch a terminal window
Run the following command:
```
$ rm -rf ~/.cache/*
```

Limit the maximum capacity of the system journal¶

If left at default values and not checked for a long time, the system journal logs can eventually consume multiple Gigabytes of data. To set the maximum allowable size of the system journal logs 1:

Launch a terminal window
As root (or using sudo), modify the /etc/systemd/journald.conf file
1. Locate the following line:
```
#SystemMaxUse=
```
2. Uncomment the line by removing the preceding # character
3. Set a max threshhold in MB (M), GB (G), etc. For example, a 512 MB max capacity is represented as:
```
SystemMaxUse=512M
```
4. Save the file

Restart the journald service:

$ sudo systemctl restart systemd-journald.service

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