How to resolve the issue of disk space not being released after deleting files in Linux?
In a Linux system, when a file is deleted, the disk space is not immediately freed up, but rather marked as available space. If you want to free up disk space immediately, you can resolve it by following these steps:
- Empty the trash: When you delete files, they are usually moved to the trash. You can manually empty the trash to free up disk space.
- You can check the disk usage and manually delete unnecessary files or folders using command line tools such as du and df.
- Forcefully terminate a process: Sometimes a file that has been deleted is still in use by a certain process, you can use the lsof command to find and close the relevant process, and then try deleting the file again.
- Forcibly uninstalling the disk: If the above methods are ineffective, you can try forcibly uninstalling the disk and remounting it, which will free up the allocated space.
Please note that deleting files in the operating system may result in data loss, so it is recommended to backup important data before making any changes.
