Is it safe to remove contents from var / swapfile / tmp?
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The thing is
/home
has only used 11GB whereas /var
uses 14GB, /temp
11GB and /swapfile
2.4GB
Can I safely do sudo rm *
in the last three directories?
Contents from sudo du /var | sort -n | tail -20
679376 /var/snap/microk8s/common/run
683324 /var/lib/docker/overlay2/3ecccaf38f1f0837b174563be1ce108c862264359047750fd3daceae9a015182/diff/usr
683424 /var/lib/docker/overlay2/2313ac4c63c3915860ed097576334e5167ca94569ebfafd585f30d456dd1e33b/diff/usr
735748 /var/lib/docker/overlay2/3ecccaf38f1f0837b174563be1ce108c862264359047750fd3daceae9a015182/diff
735756 /var/lib/docker/overlay2/3ecccaf38f1f0837b174563be1ce108c862264359047750fd3daceae9a015182
735840 /var/lib/docker/overlay2/2313ac4c63c3915860ed097576334e5167ca94569ebfafd585f30d456dd1e33b/diff
735848 /var/lib/docker/overlay2/2313ac4c63c3915860ed097576334e5167ca94569ebfafd585f30d456dd1e33b
879292 /var/snap/microk8s/common/var/lib/containerd
954104 /var/snap/microk8s/common/var/lib
1161476 /var/snap/microk8s/common/var
1451924 /var/lib/docker/volumes
1840856 /var/snap/microk8s/common
1878948 /var/snap/microk8s
1879156 /var/snap
2923700 /var/lib/snapd/snaps
3967480 /var/lib/snapd
4971824 /var/lib/docker/overlay2
6437580 /var/lib/docker
10813292 /var/lib
12804788 /var
Asked by Josh
(121 rep)
Jul 20, 2020, 05:44 PM
Last activity: Jul 20, 2020, 07:16 PM
Last activity: Jul 20, 2020, 07:16 PM