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WSL 2 disk space Cleanup
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Clean-WSL.txt
// Run powershell as admin
Go inside "wsl2" cmd
install ncdu : sudo apt-get install ncdu
run : sudo ncdu --exclude mnt //--exclude mnt Ignore windows drive like - c: d: etc...
wsl --shudown
Optimize-VHD -Path %userprofile%\AppData\Local\Packages\CanonicalGroupLimited.Ubuntu20.04onWindows_79rhkp1fndgsc\LocalState\ext4.vhdx -Mode Full
Optimize-VHD -Path %userprofile%\AppData\Local\Docker\wsl\data\ext4.vhdx -Mode Full
// Use Windirstat like program to find .vhdx file , generally those are large in size
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