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Exquisite Mong
Asked: 2022-09-29 08:21:01 +0800 CST

Can't free up HD space

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Ubuntu 22.04.01 LTS

Got to 0 bytes of HD space.

Couldn't boot.

Used a live disk boot USB thing.

Used nautilus.

Deleted files of 4gb but didn't free up space+ nothing in the rubbish folder.

Googled and someone said use shift + delete within nautilus. Tried. Agreed I wanted permanent deletion. Still 0 bytes.

  1. Please how can I get it to not display 0 bytes?

  2. I deleted quite a few files initially. Later , how can I get the Ubuntu to mark them as deleted ?

hard-drive

2 Answers

  1. df, du and rm are you best friends. Nautilus most likely deletes the "data" into another "Trash" directory which is most likely ~/.local/share/Trash/

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  2. You need 5% free on the HD before it will stop displaying 0 bytes.

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