# What are the system cleaners that can be recommended for EOS

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**Created:** [March 21, 2025, 11:12am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/what-are-the-system-cleaners-that-can-be-recommended-for-eos/69292 "2025-03-21T11:12:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![swh](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/swh/32/95303_2.png) [@swh](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/swh)\
**Post date:** [March 21, 2025, 12:09pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/what-are-the-system-cleaners-that-can-be-recommended-for-eos/69292/6 "2025-03-21T12:09:11Z")

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This is all you need

CLEAN JOURNAL:  
`journalctl --vacuum-time=4weeks`

CLEAN CACHE (All Packages):  
`paccache -r`

CLEAN CACHE (Uninstalled Packages):  
`paccache -ruk0`

REMOVE ORPHANS:  
`yay -Yc`

> [@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):
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> I’m a complete idiot - so here’s my guide for you! It has been asked a lot, and fairly frequently recently it seems, especially by new Endeavour/new to Linux users. It was recently asked that I post how I update - so here it is. “How do I maintain / update / upgrade my system?!? Help!!” This is my maintenance plan. I have been using the same install for almost 2 years now without any major issue. I’m VERY aware there’s more than one way to do this. And most importantly - Many of these c…

Be careful with provided programs. If you do not know what you are doing, your entire system will be destroyed very quickly. But in the end, everyone has to know for themselves what they are doing

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