# System size grew by 40Gb

**URL:** <https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/system-size-grew-by-40gb/29999>\
**Category:** Newbie\
**Created:** [August 7, 2022, 9:39pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/system-size-grew-by-40gb/29999 "2022-08-07T21:39:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![YSt](https://forum.endeavouros.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/y/e0b2c6/32.png) [@YSt](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/YSt)\
**Post date:** [August 7, 2022, 9:39pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/system-size-grew-by-40gb/29999/1 "2022-08-07T21:39:54Z")

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After I installed the system and all necessary programs around 5 months ago, system size grew approximately by 45Gb from the initial 25Gb. I clean package cache and keep only 1 version of packages, current package cache is around 2Gb. I did not install any new programs during this period. I update the system every week. I clean journal with the command

```auto
journalctl --vacuum-time=4weeks

```

as described here [A Complete Idiot's Guide To Endeavour OS Maintenance / Update / Upgrade](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/a-complete-idiots-guide-to-endeavour-os-maintenance-update-upgrade/25184) . Where does all this junk in the system come from and how can one get rid of it?

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**Author:** ![dalto](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/dalto/32/5577_2.png) [@dalto](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/dalto)\
**Post date:** [August 7, 2022, 9:55pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/system-size-grew-by-40gb/29999/2 "2022-08-07T21:55:06Z")

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Hard to say without more information. Use a disksize tool like filelight to see what is using space.

Common reasons:

- flatpaks or snaps
- virtual machine disks
- pacman cache(which you already checked)
- that collection of videos you forgot about

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**Author:** ![MikeDelta42](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/mikedelta42/32/56575_2.png) [@MikeDelta42](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/MikeDelta42)\
**Post date:** [August 7, 2022, 11:03pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/system-size-grew-by-40gb/29999/3 "2022-08-07T23:03:55Z")

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Are you using Timeshift (or something similar) for snapshots? Check retention policy.

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**Author:** ![OrangeBoy](https://forum.endeavouros.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/o/50afbb/32.png) [@OrangeBoy](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/OrangeBoy)\
**Post date:** [August 8, 2022, 11:20am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/system-size-grew-by-40gb/29999/4 "2022-08-08T11:20:29Z")

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Yes it is probably due to btrfs snapshots.

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**Author:** ![YSt](https://forum.endeavouros.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/y/e0b2c6/32.png) [@YSt](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/YSt)\
**Post date:** [August 8, 2022, 9:18pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/system-size-grew-by-40gb/29999/5 "2022-08-08T21:18:05Z")

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Problem solved. I deleted files by selecting them and pressing DEL button. It turns out, this did not delete them, but placed in the “Trash” folder. I emptied the trash folder and reclaimed the lost 45 Gb. Thanks all.

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**Author:** ![system](https://forum.endeavouros.com/uploads/default/original/2X/9/9ea52f9fd5ef8e609e593c362d61a36295f48be8.png) [@system](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [August 10, 2022, 9:18pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/system-size-grew-by-40gb/29999/6 "2022-08-10T21:18:31Z")

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