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I have a SSD in my laptop, only a small one 128GB. Its also encrypted. I am running out of space, used something like 99.1% of space.

When I try to check the disk usage I can only see the encrypted folders. How do I find what is using what?

Any suggestions?

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That /home/.ecryptfs/username folder holds the encrypted contents of your (username's) home, you should be able to see the decrypted contents at /home/username or just ~ (if it's being decrypted successfully when you login).

I think running du -sh ~ and du -sh /home/.ecryptfs/username/ should show similar sizes.

Deleting files in your (mounted) home should delete the corresponding encrypted files in /home/.ecryptfs/username so you'll essentially free twice as much space when deleting files in your home.

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  • Just to clarify because it is not visible on the screenshot from the original question: ignore the .ecryptfs entry in the Disk Usage Analyser and go further down to see what is under your Home Folder entry. This is the one referenced /home/username in the above answer.
    – Diego
    May 1, 2017 at 5:50
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You need to mount the encrypted directory (either by logging in with the user account owning it or with ecryptfs-mount-private) and run Disk Usage on the mount point. Then you will see the file names.

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  • I am logged into the machine with the account that owns it Apr 24, 2016 at 12:37
  • Since you seem to have set up ecryptfs to encrypt the entire user home, you and Disk Usage should see the decrypted files in your home directory. Apr 24, 2016 at 12:48

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