How to recover root partition space

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#1

so, today the notification for a new update showed up, i went straight away to download it but i was (for the first time) greeted by the infamous “your root partition does not have 500 mb free space, delete some files”

in fact i had about 450 mb free

decided to clean some apps and gained some space to do the update, but this was very tedious as i already have few apps

now, can someone point me to a way to clean space on the system partition?

or is exapanding the partition the only way to have more space?what are the drawbacks to it?

any advice would be appreciated…

#2

There is the useful app space inspector that can show you what is taking up your space:
https://openrepos.net/content/ade/space-inspector

#3

thank you, had a look at, freed up lot of space, but i think not root one, as access is denied

kinda pity you have to delete applications to perform a system upgrade…

#4

If you start the app from terminal as root you have the necessary access

#5

depending on the device, here’s another solution: Extend SailfishOS rootfs with a hidden, unused partition.-Oskar Roesler's Blog

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#6

If you want to increase your root partition use this guide by @olf :
https://gitlab.com/Olf0/sailfishX#guide-installing-sailfishx-on-xperias

#7

nice, now question is, is still useful for deleting things i get permission denied?

#8

Of course you should only delete things that you are sure about you don’t need them…

#9

If you succeed increasing the size of the root patrition you don’t need to delete anything.

@olf 's guide works, I did it successfully on a Xperia 10 (chapter 3.3) .

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#10

I also used it twice and managed to bork my system only once during that

#11

Of course, maybe if someone has suggestions on what to delete :slight_smile:

#12

Have you checked this thread:?
https://forum.sailfishos.org/t/root-partition-filling-up/15018/4

Or UTFSE😊 with words like: root full space free…