What Is Taking up Disk Space Linux?

How do I free up disk space on Linux?

Freeing disk space on your Linux server

1. Get to the root of your machine by running cd /
2. Run sudo du -h –max-depth=1.
3. Note which directories are using a lot of disk space.
4. cd into one of the big directories.
5. Run ls -l to see which files are using a lot of space. Delete any you don’t need.
6. Repeat steps 2 to 5.

What is using my disk space Linux?

df command – Shows the amount of disk space used and available on Linux file systems. du command – Display the amount of disk space used by the specified files and for each subdirectory. btrfs fi df /device/ – Show disk space usage information for a btrfs based mount point/file system.