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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 ?

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    It is unclear haw many partitions you have and where are you deleting files from.
    – Pilot6
    Sep 28, 2022 at 17:25
  • I just have one 256gb internal HD that is 0 bytes. I access it from a live usb stick. @Pilot6
    – Exquisite Mong
    Sep 28, 2022 at 17:28

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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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  • The trash folder you mentioned is empty, plus I permanently deleted the files. Ok I'll investigate those commands you suggested. @mestia
    – Exquisite Mong
    Sep 28, 2022 at 17:27
  • df -h lists says 100% of drive is used and 0 is available. However the size says 234G and Used 225G. I deleted some files using rm but still says 0 bytes, however the used size in df did decrease.@mestia
    – Exquisite Mong
    Sep 28, 2022 at 17:51
  • check /var/log directory, like du -sh /var/log, another potentially interesting file is /home/<youruser>/.xsessions-errors sometimes it can grow a lot due to a buggy application(s)
    – mestia
    Sep 30, 2022 at 6:09
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You need 5% free on the HD before it will stop displaying 0 bytes.

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