How to Free Up Disk Space on Fedora 39

GNU/Linux Fedora 39 Hard Drive Space CleanUp Guide

The Tutorial shows Step-by-Step How to Find and Clean Up Space Manually from Garbage on Command Line on GNU/Linux Fedora 39 desktop – Step by step Tutorial.

And the Fedora 39 Cleanup is made with the Amazing Command Line Tool for Unix-like Systems: NCurses Disk Usage.

After Execution this Program will Show Up a Directory List Ordered by Disk Usage Size that will Make your Garbage Collection a Summer Breeze ;)

1. 1. Launching Terminal

   How to QuickStart with Command Line on Fedora GNU/Linux

   Bash Shell Fedora QuickStart Guide

   Getting Started with Command Line on Fedora Linux

2. 2. Installing NCDU

   Installing NCurses Disk Usage Tool
   Simply play:

   sudo dnf install ncdu

3. 3. Scanning Disk

   NCurses Disk Usage Collection.

   ncdu /

   Best to disconnect the unworthy Disks before Collection…
   You can also specify another Target start Directory like for instance the “home” directory.

   

4. 4. Looking up Disk

   After Navigate/Drill into Directories to Find Trashes.

   • Move Up-Down by Arrow Key

   • Drill Up-Down by Enter Key (To Drill Up select the Top “../” Choice)

   Take Note of the Garbages Directories Locations…

   

   Instructions on Cleaning Up Space.

   • Be Sure that the Target is truly Garbage.
   • Triple-Check your Command before Execution! (You’ll not be able to Revert the command.)

5. 5. Freeing up Space

   Now to Free up Space on Fedora
   To remove Directories use:

   sudo rm -rf /[path/2]/myGarbageDir/

   Instead, for Files:

   sudo rm /[path/2]/myGarbageFile